Original Article

Emotionally Disturbed Boys Failing in School: Treatment in an Outpatient Clinic School

Authors: ARTHUR P. BURDON, M.D., JAMES H. NEELY, Ed.D., ANNIE LOUISE THORPE, B.S.N., M.S.W.

Abstract

In a special Clinic School, it has been shown that boys failing repeatedly in school do so because of emotional disturbances, often related to situations in the family. Group psychotherapy for parents and specialized teaching in a Clinic School—all of short term—have provided for a highly satisfactory performance subsequently by these boys.

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