Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 36 : Child Guidance Clinic

Examination by the psychiatrist

The clinic is concerned with the total personality the child. The interview and the case history prepared by social worker and the test administered by pediatrist and the psychologist help the psychiatrist in two areas in which he uses allied worker's services in order to save his time. He has to go through the case history and the report of the test administered by the psychologist before an interview with the child. The psychiatrist has to establish a friendly contact during the interview, He has to study the child while at play in order to see the attitude expressed by the child.