ABSTRACT
Children whose intellectual ability is considerably below the average may be considered unsuitable for education in ordinary school and in need of special education. These children are at present classified as educationally subnormal (ESN), although the Warnock Report has recommended that this description be replaced by the term 'children with severe learning difficulties'. The process by which a pupil gets to the educationally subnormal (mild) school follows, by and large, that which is outlined for special education under the section on maladjusted schools. The first clinic in Britain was the East London Child Guidance Unit set up in 1927. The clinic team is multi-disciplinary and comprises child psychiatrists, psychiatric social workers, non-medical child psychotherapists and educational psychologists and/or a remedial teacher. Clinics are being increasingly used in a consultative capacity by professionals in other trends of the caring and welfare services.
