Psychoanalytically Informed School Consultation as Seen from the Point of View of a School: “Invisible Mending”

The children come from predominantly low-income families. Because of the ethnic composition of the neighborhood close to the school, our largest single ethnic group is Hispanic, accounting for almost 70 percent of our population. Impediments to the working alliance A subtle obstacle to consultations...

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Published inThe Psychoanalytic study of the child Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 190 - 200
Main Author Wolfe, Carol, Mason
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Haven Yale University Press 2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Awards & honors
Children & youth
Education
Families & family life
Freud, Anna (1895-1982)
Hispanic people
Low income groups
Neighborhoods
Pedagogy
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Teachers
United States > US
Texas
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Summary:The children come from predominantly low-income families. Because of the ethnic composition of the neighborhood close to the school, our largest single ethnic group is Hispanic, accounting for almost 70 percent of our population. Impediments to the working alliance A subtle obstacle to consultations with people we do not know is that our Montessori training tends to emphasize our being able to meet each child's needs (based, of course, on our ability to observe and so identify those needs) and to avoid reliance on specialist teachers. [...]our school has such an interest, which is expressed more in some staff, less in others. [...]in the past we have had experiences through the special education program, in which children were viewed by the consulting psychologist through a behaviorist lens, and there was much talk of rewards and stickers.
ISSN:0079-7308
2474-3356
DOI:10.1080/00797308.2017.1420992