Virginia M. Axline's Dibs in Term Paper

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His parents seem to perpetuate this sentiment: "She [his mother] said that she and her husband have accepted the fact that he is probably mentally retarded or brain damaged." (Axline 18). The boy is utterly unresponsive in the classroom; often times his teachers read to him or tell him stories as he lays face-down on the ground, apparently oblivious to their attempts to reach him.

Through subsequent therapy, and a handful of interactions with Dibs' parents, Axline comes to understand that the driving issues resulting in the boy's strange behavior come from his familial relationships.
His mother eventually admits that she has often resented Dibs' existence because it changed her life so drastically, and effectually ruined her career. As he developed his mother became aware of his mental gifts, but also began to worry that he might be schizophrenic. Through play therapy, however, Dibs begins to show tremendous improvement at home, and eventually, in all social settings......

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