Helping Young Children at Risk: A Psycho-Educational Approach

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This volume presents the clinical, administrative and advocacy experience gained by the author during the development of The Children's Centre in Salt Lake City. Using the day-treatment group therapy model, young children with emotional problems have been helped to eliminate difficulties affecting their early education. For a commmunity agency operating on a limited budget, services at the state, federal and local levels have contributed to major improvements in the learning and family life of many individuals associated with The Children's Centre.

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AGNES M. PLENK was founder and executive director of The Children's Center in Salt Lake City and now serves the center as psychology consultant. She is the originator of the Plenk Storytelling Test (PST), a projective test for young children. She is Adjunct Professor in Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University.