Pathways to Maturity: Insights from a Thirty-year Study - Softcover

Flint, Betty; Etc.; Partridge, Jean G; Stark, Elizabeth G

9780802071484: Pathways to Maturity: Insights from a Thirty-year Study

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802071481 ISBN 13: 9780802071484

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1996

In the world of child development, the conventional wisdom has been that children severely deprived in their earliest years do not regain the losses suffered, no matter what their later upbringing. Pathways to Maturity presents a model for psychological rehabilitation of deprived institutionalized children which not only explodes the myth but shows how significant rehabilitation can be accomplished and offers intriguing insights into the complexities of human development.

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'This well-written book is one of the few documentations of long term outcomes of children developing under adverse and traumatic life circumstances. It attests to the resilience of vulnerable children and to the immeasurable dedication of professional and non-professional caregivers. This is a worthwhile read for those serving a therapeutic role in the area of mental health, to children at risk and to those identified as hard to serve. This work also serves to counter assumptions about the limited value of interventions in children affected by early deprivation.'

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