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Troubled adolescents as counselors in a developmental day camp for preschool children
Author(s) -
Birnbaum Morton P.,
Schechter Loren,
Ginsberg Beverly
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(197604)4:2<194::aid-jcop2290040216>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , psychology , psychosocial , developmental psychology , variety (cybernetics) , emotional development , cognition , clinical psychology , social change , psychiatry , social psychology , computer science , economics , economic growth , artificial intelligence
Adolescent girls in a residential treatment center served as counselors in a day camp program for preschool children who had severe problems in social, cognitive, and motor development. The camp program served both populations. As expected, the adolescents required considerable adult staff supervision and support to help them master a variety of psychosocial issues and to function as effective counselors. What was less expected was the degree of ongoing enthusiasm and great sense of achievement that was generated in most of the adolescents, as well as the effectiveness with which these troubled youngsters could help meet the emotional and educational needs of much younger children with special problems.