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Introductory statement.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 1 –2

The study is based upon data taken from the case records of the demonstration child guidance clinics in Los Angeles and Philadelphia. These clinics were conducted by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene as part of the Commonwealth Fund program for the prevention of delinquency, and were...

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Orientation of the study.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 3 –4

In its present stage, child guidance is essentially practical. Its studies are made for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment, and its efforts are directed toward the improvement of conditions which affect the adjustment of the child. In order to carry out these aims, however, a wealth of...

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Selection of children.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 5 –8

The children came to the clinics from various sources. A very few were sent from the Juvenile Court on charges of petty larceny, running away, truancy, incorrigibility, etc. Some were singled out by teachers because of their failure to adjust to classroom discipline. The majority, in Los Angeles,...

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Methods of study.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 9 –11

Each child received a thorough clinical study, including the taking of a social history and medical, psychological, and psychiatric examinations. The purpose of the social history is to give information concerning heredity, developmental history, health and school history, home conditions, both...

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Presentation of data.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 12 –41

For purposes of clearness, the findings are first reported in separate tables giving the distribution of intelligence quotients, educational quotients, and accomplishment ratios; the placement according to life age, mental age, and educational age; and the occurrence of physical defects,...

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Discussion of methods.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 42 –51

If we could have obtained and studied data as to personality, behavior, physical conditions, and social situations for an unselected group of children and compared these data with their educational achievement, as we did In our problem group, we might find differences between such a control group...

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Analysis of cases presenting highest and lowest accomplishment ratios.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 52 –55

The material was subjected to another method of investigation. The ten children with the highest accomplishment ratios and the ten with the lowest were selected from the group of 167 Los Angeles cases. The selection on the basis of accomplishment ratio rather than educational quotient is...

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Other investigations.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 56 –61

Before we consider the general conclusions to which our study leads us, it is of interest to review briefly the results of other investigations in this or allied fields. Two methods have been used in these investigations: individual case study with generalizations drawn therefrom, and statistical...

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Conclusions.

Paynter, Richard H.; Blanchard, Phyllis

Pages: 62 –64

It seems safe to conclude, tentatively at least, that problem children show no general tendency to low educational achievement. This does not mean that educational adjustment (in the narrow sense of scholastic accomplishment) is never affected by the child's difficulties in other than...

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