THE CHILDREN OF RAQUETTE LAKE: ONE SUMMER THAT HELPED CHANGE THE COURSE OF TREATMENT FOR AUTISM

Book ID/图书代码： 09802012B55413

English Summary/英文概要： The Children of Raquette Lake: One Summer That Helped Change the Course of Treatment for Autism is an inspiring account of author Mira Rothenberg’s experience with eleven autistic and schizophrenic children during the summer of 1958. In order to avoid the regression that often occurred during the summer months, Rothenberg, a trained psychologist, and her colleagues Zev Spanier and Tev Goldsman, decided to bring their young patients to a camp in Raquette Lake, located in the Adirondack region of Northern New York.

As Rothenberg explains, this was a time when severely disturbed children were considered untreatable and often sent to live out their lives in institutions where their needs were neglected and ignored. Many of Rothenberg’s patients exhibited signs of abuse and emotional trauma. On the island, Rothenberg, Spanier, and Goldsman discovered that by applying what was then an unconventional treatment of loving care and tolerance, their young patients improved and were able to heal many of the emotional and physical issues associated with their conditions. Written like a narrative journal that follows the children’s progress from week to week, The Children of Raquette Lake is interwoven with personal histories and fascinating case stories that demonstrate the healing power of the human heart. The book also provides a valuable list of resources for therapists and parents of autistic children.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《拉克特湖之子：一个改变自闭儿童的夏天》是一部鼓舞人心的著作，讲述的是作者米拉.罗森博格（Mira Rothenberg）和十一个自闭症和精神分裂症患儿在1958年夏天的故事。为了避免在夏季期间时常出现的退步现象，作为一名培训心理学家罗森博格和她的两位同事Zev Spanier 和Tev Goldsman, 决定带他们年轻的病人到位于纽约北部Adirondack地区的拉克特湖去宿营。

正如Rothenberg所解释的一样，有段时间，一些严重忧虑的孩子被认为无可救药的，他们常被送到一些他们的需求被否定和忽视的机构去过完他们的余生。Rothenberg的很多病人出现被虐待和精神受创的迹象。在岛上时，Rothenberg, Spanier和 Goldsman发现，通过运用当时被认为是非传统的治疗方法:爱护关心和忍耐，他们的年轻病人病情改善了。爱护关心和忍耐可以治愈很多与他们状况相关的情绪上的和身体上的问题。《拉克特湖之子》像一本叙事日志，随着孩子们每周的病情的进展而写作的。这本书交织着个人的历史故事和吸引人的案例故事，这些都表明了人心的巨大治愈力量。同时本书也为临床医学家们和自闭症患儿的父母们提供了一张有价值的资源清单。(XMM)

Awards/获奖情况：“这本书让我深受感动。这种生动的，“小说的”但又注意细节的来源于内心和大脑的精确描绘，在我看来是不可或缺的也可能是走进这些孩子世界的唯一方式。Rothenberg的经历及她这里的感同身受都是伟大的。感谢你Mira为我们写了如此杰出著作。”

Review
"I was deeply moved by this book. The sort of vivid, ’novelistic’ but meticulously accurate depiction that comes equally from the heart and the mind, seems to me indispensable and perhaps the only way of entering the world of these children. Rothenberg’s experience and her empathy here are both very great. Thank you, Mira, for a beautiful book."
—Oliver Sacks, MD, best-selling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and The Mind’s Eye

“Mira Rothenberg has worked with emotionally disturbed children for over sixty years. With her warm and steady hand, gentle open heart, gut instinct, and keen intellect, she finds where these kids have retreated and offers them a way to come back from insanity while helping to instill in them the courage to return.”
—Peter A. Levine, PhD, best-selling author of Trauma Proofing Your Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience and In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

“An extraordinary recollection by an extraordinary woman. My mother’s memoir is insightful and deeply moving. She transports the reader to a rich world of emotion, wonder, and triumph.”
—Akiva Goldsman, Rothenberg’s son and Academy Award winner, Best Adapted Screenplay for A Beautiful Mind

About the Author/作者介绍： 米拉.罗森博格（Mira Rothenberg）在自闭症和严重忧虑症患儿的发展治疗和他们与智障儿的临床区别方面起到重要作用。作为官方许可的心理学家，罗森博格已从业四十载。他也是蓝莓治疗中心公司的创立者之一和临床指导者。蓝莓治疗中心公司是第一家国际认证的专门针对自闭症和精神分裂症患儿治疗的机构。她因为对心理疾病患儿们的贡献，被纽约城贸易和国家组织机构提名为年度女性，现在她居住在布鲁克林，在那里，她可以去她私有诊所为病人治疗。

Mira Rothenberg has been instrumental in developing treatments and clinical distinctions for autistic and severely disturbed children that are separate from those who are mentally disabled. A licensed psychologist with over forty years of experience, Rothenberg was the cofounder and clinical director of Blueberry Treatment Centers, Inc., the first internationally recognized therapeutic agency for treatment of autistic and schizophrenic children. Named Woman of the Year by the New York City Chamber of Commerce and National Organization for Mentally Ill Children, she lives in Brooklyn where she sees patients in her private practice.

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