The assessment of children with school problems: evaluation of a hospital-based multidisciplinary clinic.

A hospital based multidisciplinary clinic for the assessment of children with school problems was evaluated. Questionnaires were sent to parents and teachers of 44 children seen during the first year of operation of the clinic. The majority of parents found the assessment and report valuable in answering their questions about the child; felt the report was clear and helpful, and the recommendations appropriate and practical. Ninety per cent of recommendations made were implemented. These results indicate that such clinics would seem to be an appropriate way to address the needs of children with school problems, an important segment of the new paediatric morbidity.