ABSTRACT
O ur tests are of practical value for two large groups of cases. To the first group belong those children whom we generally designate as problem children, that is, children who are unable to adjust themselves to their environment. As a result their parents, teachers, or guardians are forced to seek the aid of the psychologist in order to get advice regarding methods of upbringing that will correct the difficulty. To this group also belong those children who present no special problems, but whose parents seek information about their general development in order to discover the child’s weaknesses before it is too late, and to correct them if possible. To the second group belong those children who for one reason or another must be placed outside their own homes. This includes children who are privately adopted, but more especially, the vast majority of public charges, i.e. children who are removed from a delinquent and pauperized family situation or orphans who must be provided for by the com munity. In such cases a psychological diagnosis should enable us to determine whether the child
is to be recommended for adoption, for foster home or institutional placement or for medical care. In those countries where the harmfulness of institutional upbringing has already been recog nized, it is the general opinion that for normal children, at any rate, placement in foster families is the best solution of the problem. It is impor tant, however, that the suitability of the foster family be psychologically established. The cases that follow illustrate our practical procedure. The first two are private cases that involve complicated problems in upbringing.
