'Prisoners of Childhood' / Key Concepts
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A 4 page analysis of Alice Miller's Prisoners of Childhood which demonstrates how the dynamics behind the relationship of a gifted child with a narcissistically-deprived parent can hamper or prevent that child from developing as an independent, emotionally-healthy adult. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Childpri.wps

A Brief History of Play Therapy Development
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This well written and concise 5 page paper examines the history of play therapy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The paper is written in chronological order starting with Spencer and includes such therapists as Sigmond Freud, Anna Freud, Hug Hellmouth, Melanie Klein, Carl Rogers, Virginia Axline and many others. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEplayth.wps

A Child’s Emotional Needs and Juvenile Delinquency
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This 18 page report discusses the fact that juvenile delinquency is directly related to a child not having his or her emotional needs met at a very early age. Issues associated with juvenile delinquency are always multi-faceted and present numerous challenges to parents, educators social service agencies, law enforcement, the court systems and, of course, to the actual child. Whether a child is abused, raised in poverty, has physical and/or mental problems, or any number of other difficulties, it is always the child who suffers and the child who should be kept at the forefront of society’s collective consciousness in addressing the problems of juvenile delinquency. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: BWjuvdlq.rtf