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Education (Scotland) Act 1980

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4Duty of education authorities to provide child guidance service

It shall be the duty of every education authority to provide for their area a child guidance service in child guidance clinics or elsewhere, and the functions of that service shall include—

(a)the study of handicapped, backward and difficult children;

(b)the giving of advice to parents and teachers as to appropriate methods of education and training for such children;

(c)in suitable cases, the provision of special education for such children in child guidance clinics;

(d)the giving of advice to a local authority within the meaning of the [1968 c. 49.] Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 regarding the assessment of the needs of any child for the purposes of any of the provisions of that or any other enactment.

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