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Truants from Life: The Rehabilitation of Emotionally Disturbed Children [Hardcover]

Bruno Bettelheim


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Case histories of four disturbed children rehabilitated at the Chicago Orthogenic school are accompanied by information on the nature and scope of the work performed at the center.

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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. Read the first page
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The interesting thing about this book is that it spells out in black and white that Bruno Bettelheim did NOT blame mothers for all autism, and in fact, made it clear he believed that autism can often result from even minor trauma during a critical period if a child has a congenital predisposition. Bettelheim wrote this in 1955 before he was attacked ...

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