Author: Wills, W. David.
Title: The Barns Experiment.
Description: London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1947. 2nd impression. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 148 pp. With 1 plate. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - David Wills (1903-1981) was the first British person to train as a psychiatric social worker (in the States). He played a key part in several experimental therapeutic communities. Early in World War 2, many British children were evacuated from vulnerable cities to safer places. Scottish Friends became very aware that some evacuees were not settling into the families with whom they had been billeted, and that some other solution was needed for these ‘unbilletable’ children, as they could not go home. They set up Barns Hostel School, near Peebles to accommodate them, and invited David Wills to be its Warden. He and his wife, Ruth Wills, set it up together. She was especially instrumental in using art as a therapeutic vehicle for enabling the children to express themselves and their feelings. He wrote another book about this period, called ‘The Barns Experiment’

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