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of PsychologyrThe ürinnlpeg SchooL Boardrs Superintendent ¡s
Department and the Board. of Governors of the universlty,
The plan was to organize a cllnlc as an element
wlthin the teacher-træining programme, d.rawing its ea,ses
from the schools of metropoLitan Tfinnlpeg, permlssion was
secured from the ïlinnlpeg School Boasd to make a study of
probLem children in the schools" The purpose of this cLinic
was purely teacher tralnlng and was not to provld.e gervlce
for the community and- the number of c&ses was accord.lngLy
llnlted to meet the requirements of thart objectlve.
The flrst meetlng wa's held ln the winter of lg\?
under the dlrection of Dr"D,S,lVoodsrDean of the FacuLty of
Education and with the followlng persons taking ári actlve
part in the cllnie; Asststant profesßor IJnF..Loruolr{i.se Gra;ce
Ðolma;ge rlfr,H.l. Steinrlflss phyl11s Þlld.dleton and Ðr.W,
MusgroverPsychlatrlst of the }Íedical School,B0'
sinee thæb time the cLlnlc has had at least two
groups of child.ren annua11y, one durlng the autumn seæson
arnd one durlng the winter, metklng studies of problenas in
readingrwrf ting, spelling,arithmeticoetc" ,a.nd- with tests given
to deternilne intelligence and dlagnose persona;lity difficulties"
Across the years thls clinlc has alded in developfng a body
of voluntary workers who have been formed lnto a staff of
acceptable ab1llty, They lryere the first clÍnlc staff in
?9n"S,WroodsrSyR"Low. nThe Child Guldance Centre of
the Facultv of . Educálioå,qqiversity-oi Manitobar"Research
BulletfnoF'aculty of Educåtlon, .qp;ii riÞ#,pp" 13_15,