Fostering Resilience: The Child's Home Boarding School as Seen by its Graduates from a Distant Perspective

Abstract

The article relates to the therapeutic and educational impacts of The Child Home boarding school, from the perspective of its graduates some 65 years ago. The research aim is to examine the processes and experiences undergone in the school, and to study its unique therapeutic and educational attributes. The research method is qualitative, based on semi-structured interviews with 25 graduates. They perceive the physical and emotional care administered as well as the processes and experiences undergone as beneficial and optimal. They regard the school in its inherent format as being a sound substitute for a dysfunctional home and a model for the ideal boarding school -one that could serve as a source of inspiration for boarding schools operating today.