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A Summer School for Special Children, September 1991
Author(s) -
Frankish Pat,
Mountford Kate
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1993.tb00699.x
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , variety (cybernetics) , mental health , psychology , term (time) , disturbance (geology) , medicine , nursing , medical education , political science , psychiatry , computer science , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , biology , law
A summer school for seven children provided a therapeutic environment in which emotional needs could be addressed. This approach led to gains in development and reductions in severe behaviour disturbance. The scheme utilised finance from the health authority and the Mental Health Foundation, staff on short‐term contracts and a variety of help from existing resources. The combined effort ensured a crisis‐free summer and presented evidence of a way of working that is beneficial to some very disturbed children.