Word: leichtman
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...more daring. Supported by private and public funds (cost per child: $1,500), it accepts badly troubled youngsters of both sexes. Of its 144 campers this summer, many have been battered and sexually abused. Some refuse to eat; others are withdrawn, suicidal and even homicidal. Explains Psychologist Hugh Leichtman, the camp's director: "These children are very resistant to change...
...after their seven-week stay at Vediko, says Leichtman, some 85% of the youngsters do change-for the better. Borrowing from such varied theorists as the neo-Freudians, behaviorists and the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, Wediko's program is a blend of fun (canoeing, cookouts, archery, swimming) and therapy...
...youngsters are assigned to groups ("Otters," "Chipmunks," "Sunfish") that meet each morning to plan the day's agenda. There, explains Leichtman, the kids "learn reciprocity, patience, negotiation, compromise." They also get peer support...
...campers) usually intervene quickly and after a talk return the child to the day's activity. Only in extreme cases are kids banished to "Group Zero," a grassy area near the counselors' quarters, where they are left by themselves to think about their errant ways. Says Leichtman...