MENTAL HEALTH
18
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
For Medical Officers In addition to the two Courses on Educationally Subnormal Children already held this year (in conjunction with the University of London), a third Course is to be held in September. This is already full, and there is a long waiting list. A special Course on the same lines will also be held in July for Medical Officers taking the Course for the Diploma in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene.
For Teachers Two Courses for teachers of Educationally Subnormal Children are being organized for the Ministry of Education?the first at St. Gabriel's L.C.C. Training College, Camberwell, beginning on July 10th?the second at The Hayes, Swan wick, Derbyshire, begining on August 18th. Each Course will last three weeks. Application for admission is made through Local Education Authorities and the final selection is determined by the Ministry. A Course of Instruction in the use of the Revised Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale, is being held during the present term on one evening a week. Four of the sessions consist of lectures and demonstrations, and the remaining six are devoted The Association is prepared to supervised practice. to arrange a further Course on these lines in the autumn if there is a sufficient demand. In addition to meeting frequent requests from Education Authorities for lectures on the education of educationally subnormal children the Association has undertaken, for the Kent Education Committee, a series of courses designed to stimulate discussion on educational matters as well as to offer practical help. The subjects include school records from the psychological point of view, emotional development- from birth to adolescence, the testing of intelligence, and remedial teaching. For providing this interesting opportunity the lecturers would like to thank the County Authority,- and would also like to pay a tribute to the teachers who heroically attended first in snow and then in subtropical heat ! Up to July 1947, twenty-five courses of eight to ten lectures will have been given under this scheme. The Week's Course for staffs of Preparatory Schools held at Easter?another new development teachers. This Course ?was attended by 42
was necessarily experimental in content and approach, but was so much appreciated that a second one is planned for 1948.
Lecturers in connection with these Courses include Miss Gibbs, Miss Mackinlay and Miss Stephen (the Association's Educational Psychologists), Miss Wilshire and Miss Culham (visiting lecturers in Education). The work has been carried out under the general direction of Miss Gibbs.
For Children's
Boarding-Out
Officers
A Nine Weeks' Course is being held during the summer on one afternoon weekly, for Officers of Local Authorities engaged in the boarding-out of children. The aim of the Course is to give those already engaged in this work a deeper insight into the emotional needs of children with special reference to the difficulties of children deprived of home life, and the application of such knowledge to the practical problems of boarding-out. The Course, which began on June 3rd, is being attended by 52 students. In October, it is planned to hold a month's fulltime Course designed to meet the needs of Matrons and Superintendents of Children's Homes, whilst projects for a later date include a Course for House Mothers and Assistants in such Homes.
For Staffs of Occupation Centres and Departments of Certified Institutions
"
School
"
Students attending the Year's Course are now' back in London for their final term, after a period of five months spent in practical work in Occupation Centres and Institutions in various parts of the
country. The 1947-48 Course will begin in September and applications from prospective students can stn' be accepted. Particulars will gladly be sent by the Education Secretary to anyone interested either on their own behalf or on behalf of possible candidates known to them. A Week's Refresher Course held at King s College Theological Hall, Westminster, in Apr11' met with such appreciation from the 42 workers in Occupation Centres and Certified Institution5 in attendance, that a further Course on similar lines is planned in the autumn, to be held at a centre near
Cheltenham.
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MENTAL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH, 1948
j
.
4
Plans are rapidly progressing for the organization of the International Congress on Mental Health to be held under the auspices of the National Association for Mental Health in London, August 12th-21st, 1948. There are encouraging indications that the Congress is countries attracting world-wide attention, and the various have been invited to help in forming " Preparatory Commissions or discussion groups, who would be in frequent contact with those which have already been set up in this country. Their function is to survey the various aspects of each day's topics, to collect and digest Material from all sources, and ultimately to decide on what aspects are most important and can best be dealt with in the limited time of the Congress. In addition to the five Preparatory Commissions already formed in this country, a sixth Commission is being set up with the assistance of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Its function is to explore the methods by which action can be obtained to give effect to any resolutions and conclusions which emerge from the Congress deliberations. Dr. J. r. ReeS) Chairman of the Organizing Committee, recently visited America for the express purpose of discussing the Congress with the American Psychiatric the International Committee for Mental hygiene and various other groups. He found a very alive and genuine interest in the purpose of the Congress, and received generous promises of financial help. A number of Preparatory Commissions, on a line with their English counterparts, are to be organized and each of these will be in close touch with the Congress secretariat
Association,
r
ln
London.
Arrangements
are being made to publish monthly for distribution in countries where groups are tormed, and these will include progress reports and cpmments and conclusions of the Preparatory CommisSl0ns in relation to digested material. At the of the American Psychiatric Association m New meeting York, on May 19th, Dr. G. Brock Chisholm,
ulletins
.
C.B.E., M.C., Executive Secretary of the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization, in the course of his address expressed the hope that through the International Congress on Mental Health there would develop a permanent organization largely for the purpose of advising the World Health Organization on all aspects relating to mental health, and he went on to say : "
never before in history has there important meeting of any kind than Congress can be, if all the people qualified and obligated to attend, do so, and if they can ar the same time ignore all sectional interest, all local or national loyalties, all matters ofpersonal or individual prestige or advantage, and by a free pooling of their knowledge and experience, offer even a little, but concrete hope for a frightened
Perhaps
been that
a
more
" world ..." buring these next two years there is an opportunity for psychology and psychiatry to justify their existence in the eyes of the world?for .the first time to contribute very importantly and recognizably to the future peace of the world by becoming real leaders in the planned development of a new kind of human being, one who can live at peace with himself and All this can be done if, at the his fellow men. International Congress on Mental Health, even a few principles of mental health, even a few signposts for the bringing up of children, even a little hope for a sorely beset and anxious world, can be agreed on by qualified people from all over the world.''''
We have pleasure in announcing that Dr. Rees has been elected President of the International Committee for Mental Hygiene in succession to Dr. Adolph Meyer, who had from its inception been President, but has now found it necessary to retire from active work. Dr. Rees' election will also help in the running of the Congress, since to have the President of the International Committee in London rather than in America will greatly facilitate organization.
18
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
For Medical Officers In addition to the two Courses on Educationally Subnormal Children already held this year (in conjunction with the University of London), a third Course is to be held in September. This is already full, and there is a long waiting list. A special Course on the same lines will also be held in July for Medical Officers taking the Course for the Diploma in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene.
For Teachers Two Courses for teachers of Educationally Subnormal Children are being organized for the Ministry of Education?the first at St. Gabriel's L.C.C. Training College, Camberwell, beginning on July 10th?the second at The Hayes, Swan wick, Derbyshire, begining on August 18th. Each Course will last three weeks. Application for admission is made through Local Education Authorities and the final selection is determined by the Ministry. A Course of Instruction in the use of the Revised Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale, is being held during the present term on one evening a week. Four of the sessions consist of lectures and demonstrations, and the remaining six are devoted The Association is prepared to supervised practice. to arrange a further Course on these lines in the autumn if there is a sufficient demand. In addition to meeting frequent requests from Education Authorities for lectures on the education of educationally subnormal children the Association has undertaken, for the Kent Education Committee, a series of courses designed to stimulate discussion on educational matters as well as to offer practical help. The subjects include school records from the psychological point of view, emotional development- from birth to adolescence, the testing of intelligence, and remedial teaching. For providing this interesting opportunity the lecturers would like to thank the County Authority,- and would also like to pay a tribute to the teachers who heroically attended first in snow and then in subtropical heat ! Up to July 1947, twenty-five courses of eight to ten lectures will have been given under this scheme. The Week's Course for staffs of Preparatory Schools held at Easter?another new development teachers. This Course ?was attended by 42
was necessarily experimental in content and approach, but was so much appreciated that a second one is planned for 1948.
Lecturers in connection with these Courses include Miss Gibbs, Miss Mackinlay and Miss Stephen (the Association's Educational Psychologists), Miss Wilshire and Miss Culham (visiting lecturers in Education). The work has been carried out under the general direction of Miss Gibbs.
For Children's
Boarding-Out
Officers
A Nine Weeks' Course is being held during the summer on one afternoon weekly, for Officers of Local Authorities engaged in the boarding-out of children. The aim of the Course is to give those already engaged in this work a deeper insight into the emotional needs of children with special reference to the difficulties of children deprived of home life, and the application of such knowledge to the practical problems of boarding-out. The Course, which began on June 3rd, is being attended by 52 students. In October, it is planned to hold a month's fulltime Course designed to meet the needs of Matrons and Superintendents of Children's Homes, whilst projects for a later date include a Course for House Mothers and Assistants in such Homes.
For Staffs of Occupation Centres and Departments of Certified Institutions
"
School
"
Students attending the Year's Course are now' back in London for their final term, after a period of five months spent in practical work in Occupation Centres and Institutions in various parts of the
country. The 1947-48 Course will begin in September and applications from prospective students can stn' be accepted. Particulars will gladly be sent by the Education Secretary to anyone interested either on their own behalf or on behalf of possible candidates known to them. A Week's Refresher Course held at King s College Theological Hall, Westminster, in Apr11' met with such appreciation from the 42 workers in Occupation Centres and Certified Institution5 in attendance, that a further Course on similar lines is planned in the autumn, to be held at a centre near
Cheltenham.
19
MENTAL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH, 1948
j
.
4
Plans are rapidly progressing for the organization of the International Congress on Mental Health to be held under the auspices of the National Association for Mental Health in London, August 12th-21st, 1948. There are encouraging indications that the Congress is countries attracting world-wide attention, and the various have been invited to help in forming " Preparatory Commissions or discussion groups, who would be in frequent contact with those which have already been set up in this country. Their function is to survey the various aspects of each day's topics, to collect and digest Material from all sources, and ultimately to decide on what aspects are most important and can best be dealt with in the limited time of the Congress. In addition to the five Preparatory Commissions already formed in this country, a sixth Commission is being set up with the assistance of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Its function is to explore the methods by which action can be obtained to give effect to any resolutions and conclusions which emerge from the Congress deliberations. Dr. J. r. ReeS) Chairman of the Organizing Committee, recently visited America for the express purpose of discussing the Congress with the American Psychiatric the International Committee for Mental hygiene and various other groups. He found a very alive and genuine interest in the purpose of the Congress, and received generous promises of financial help. A number of Preparatory Commissions, on a line with their English counterparts, are to be organized and each of these will be in close touch with the Congress secretariat
Association,
r
ln
London.
Arrangements
are being made to publish monthly for distribution in countries where groups are tormed, and these will include progress reports and cpmments and conclusions of the Preparatory CommisSl0ns in relation to digested material. At the of the American Psychiatric Association m New meeting York, on May 19th, Dr. G. Brock Chisholm,
ulletins
.
C.B.E., M.C., Executive Secretary of the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization, in the course of his address expressed the hope that through the International Congress on Mental Health there would develop a permanent organization largely for the purpose of advising the World Health Organization on all aspects relating to mental health, and he went on to say : "
never before in history has there important meeting of any kind than Congress can be, if all the people qualified and obligated to attend, do so, and if they can ar the same time ignore all sectional interest, all local or national loyalties, all matters ofpersonal or individual prestige or advantage, and by a free pooling of their knowledge and experience, offer even a little, but concrete hope for a frightened
Perhaps
been that
a
more
" world ..." buring these next two years there is an opportunity for psychology and psychiatry to justify their existence in the eyes of the world?for .the first time to contribute very importantly and recognizably to the future peace of the world by becoming real leaders in the planned development of a new kind of human being, one who can live at peace with himself and All this can be done if, at the his fellow men. International Congress on Mental Health, even a few principles of mental health, even a few signposts for the bringing up of children, even a little hope for a sorely beset and anxious world, can be agreed on by qualified people from all over the world.''''
We have pleasure in announcing that Dr. Rees has been elected President of the International Committee for Mental Hygiene in succession to Dr. Adolph Meyer, who had from its inception been President, but has now found it necessary to retire from active work. Dr. Rees' election will also help in the running of the Congress, since to have the President of the International Committee in London rather than in America will greatly facilitate organization.
