Teen-age Companions Work With Disturbed Children

Sonja F. Rath and Anne C. DavidAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 24, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.24.9.624

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To serve clients more effectively, a child guidance center recruited teen-age volunteers to act as companions to severely disturbed children in homes that at times had equally disturbed parents and siblings. The authors describe recruitment and orientation of volunteers, some problems and their solutions, the interaction of the group, and the impact of the program on the volunteers, the children, and the center.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 24 • Number 9 • September 1973

Pages: 624 - 626

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Published in print: September 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Sonja F. Rath

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Anne C. David

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Woodmere, New York

Peninsula Child Guidance Center Woodmere, New York

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Teen-age Companions Work With Disturbed Children

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