Truants from Life
Edition: 1st Free Press Pbk. Ed edition
Publisher: Free Press
Published: September 1, 1964
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780029034507
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent; Psychopathology - General; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; Care; Case studies; Mentally handicapped children; Mentally ill children; Rehabilitation; Psychology
First sentence: THE SONIA SHANKMAN ORTHOGENIC SCHOOL of the University of Chicago is a residential treatment institution devoted to the rehabilitation of children with very severe emotional disturbances; to research into the causation and treatment of primary behavior disorders of childhood; and to the training of persons who wish to specialize in the education and treatment of disturbed children or in child-care work generally.