The Child and the Institution : : A Study of Deprivation and Recovery / / Betty Flint.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Flint, Betty,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.) :; Tables throughout

It has long been believed that children who must spend much of their lives in institutions inevitably develop personality deficiencies that make them liabilities to society. This book represents the first portion of a longitudinal study of the children of the Neil McNeil Home from infancy into adulthood. The study was begun in 1957 with a twofold purpose: first, to provide a therapeutic environment for children who had already suffered mental and emotional damage from an institutional milieu; and second, to devise methods of institutional care that would conduce to the normal development of children deprived of the usual supports of family relationships. The case histories presented here are interesting documents in themselves, but the book is more than a study of individual cases. It presents a detailed description of the process of creating in a child-care institution something of the atmosphere of a normal home. The conclusions reached depart in significant ways from former studies of institutionalized children, and will be of great importance and usefulness both to those who work professionally with children and to those concerned with the social future of children raised outside the family unit. The book was sponsored by the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. THE BEGINNING -- 1. Research -- 2. Help through Play -- 3. Recommendations to the Board -- PART TWO. PROGRAMME THERAPY -- 4. Aims, Goals, and Changes -- 5. The Staff -- 6. Health, Food, and Daily Care -- 7. The Many Functions of Play -- 8. The Volunteers -- 9. Progress -- PART THREE. THE REWARDS -- 10. Gary -- 11. Paddy -- 12. Mindy -- 13. Louise -- 14. Harry -- PART FOUR. CONCLUSIONS -- 15. The Cost of Care and the Saving to the Community -- 16. Some Thoughts on Institutional Care -- APPENDICES -- Infant Security Scale -- Pre-school Mental Health Assessment Scale -- Staff Records and Instructions -- Volunteer Records and Instructions -- References