Teen-age Companions Work With Disturbed Children
Abstract
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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