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the school clinics and co-operative evaluation and guidance centres and laid down
guidelines for the functions and training of the following team members:
* educational psychologist.
*
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educationist (orthodidactics).
school social worker.
An educational psychologist is someone who has been registered in terms of Act. No.
56 of 1974. Ideally, he has five consecutive years of training in psychology, has served
an internship of 18 months at an approved institution and is capable of using
diagnostic tests and making corrections in terms of diagnoses that have already been
made.
The educationist (orthodidactics) has qualifications as laid down by an appropriate
professional council. His functions include the interpretation of scholastic data of a
diagnostic nature (or psychological reports), the development of didactical
programmes, didactical evaluation, consultation with the teacher and remedial teacher
in particular and the implementation of educational and remedial programmes.
The School social worker is registered according to Act No. 110 of 1978 and is
responsible for family guidance, the socialization of the child and for dealing with
problems that may arise in the child's transition from mainstream to special education
or vice versa.
The above is merely a brief and preliminary exposition of some of the main functions
of the functionaries mentioned. In the light of this the following categories of
professional personnel are proposed for a fully developed SEG (Urbani 1981) on a full
time basis :
*
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The head as team leader/co-ordinator.
Doctor.