Talk:Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School

Note When Editing
When you edit this entry please do not change the context of the entry unless you have further information to add. If you believe information should be removed or changed discuss it here first. Editing sentences for gramatical errors has created several innaccuracies in this specific entry and helped create a confusing entry. CelticLabyrinth 21:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Renovations?
The article states that renovations are currently underway to modernize the building. This is incorrect. It has actually been decided that the required renovations would be too extensive to be practical. There is currently a plan to either move the school to a different location or build a new building behind the current one. I am not sure if any more specific decisions have been made yet.Tad Lincoln (talk) 08:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. If "renovations" means regular maintenance to keep a 100-year-old building in shape, it's no longer being heavily worked on. This should be removed. Though a restoration project was undergone from 2004 - 2006 which included new carpet, windows, furniture, and a lot of work on plumbing and other utilities. As far as the plan to move/rebuild the school, it's completely deadlocked in the executive board of the school. No one has made a sound decision on it, and probably won't in the near future.
 * Speaking of which, where are the sources for the rest of the article anyway? The.ravenous.llama (talk) 01:01, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've been wondering about that too. Actually, this article looks incredibly familiar, and I think it's possible that it was plagiarized from the O'School website. Tad Lincoln (talk) 05:45, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I thoroughly looked through the Orthogenic School's website, and I'm concluding that it's not plagiarized, at least from the official website. To start, the tone of the entry in Wikipedia is very different than the website's entries. But you're right, it does seem familiar in some way. The.ravenous.llama (talk) 03:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I first wrote the original stub over 2 years ago- it was not plagiarized and has been edited by several people, but it is definitely not a well written article and lacks any citation. If anyone else wants to take up the task of writing a well cited article please do. CelticLabyrinth (talk) 19:38, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh- and the old website said something about renovations- feel free to remove that information as I do not have a cite for it. CelticLabyrinth (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * There. I've significantly modified the History section. There should no longer be anything there that doesn't have a citation (which I also handily added.) The.ravenous.llama (talk) 04:02, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Photo?
This article may benefit from a photo of the front of the school and/or assorted areas of the interior. I would do it, but I have no idea how to add photos to an article on Wikipedia. Any takers? The.ravenous.llama (talk) 00:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * First you have to upload the photo, then add it like any other wikilink, basically. (That's the quick-and-dirty instructions; better ones are here.) I have personally stayed away from images, as they're among the most contentious areas on WP--you have to either own the image rights or have created it yourself, or you'll find yourself in the dark morass of Fair Use Policy. I am not even going to TRY explaining THAT. But yeah--if you have an acceptable photo, it would definitely help the article. GJC 01:52, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for clarifying. As soon as I have time a picture is going up. Unless someone else gets to it first. Probably not but still. The.ravenous.llama (talk) 03:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Mural and Other Artwork
The mural by the Pub/TLC building is by Jordi Bonet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi_Bonet http://www.jordibonet.net/Commun/Oeuvres/Chicago1.html. There's some other artwork and sculptures in the school that are worth noting, although I am not sure who the artists are. If anyone could work this into the article it would be nice. Also- there's a documentary film called "Refrigerator Mother", it features Autistic adults and their parents, many who were treated by Bettelheim and resided a the O'School- it might be useful for more info beyond the other books by and about Bettelheim if someone can obtain a copy. CelticLabyrinth (talk) 02:37, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Vintage Photos
Here are some old school photos, looks like from the Bettelhiem era. There is a free use for educational purposes http://photofiles.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?keywords=orthogenic Information on Rights and Permissions http://photofiles.lib.uchicago.edu/rights.html. I'm not going to mess with photos on Wikipedia, but if someone else wants to this would be an awesome resource. CelticLabyrinth (talk) 09:12, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

School relocation
This is a definite possibility at this point, as the school has been soliciting donations from alumni for this purpose. The letter I received said it was expected to be complete by 2011. However, I need to find a reliable source for this in order to include it in the article.. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The.ravenous.llama (talk) 22:20, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

The school will be relocating to a new building in the spring or summer of 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.227.108.226 (talk) 18:36, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Bettelheim
Given there is an entire article on Bettelheim, I'm not sure rehashing it here is needed. Especially with such rose colored (and uncited) glasses. I'll try to revamp the history section. CelticLabyrinth (talk) 03:51, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree that it's a bit one-sided, but the issue is being able to find citable sources to support the less idealistic side of the Orthogenic School's history. If I find any usable sources I will post them here and they can be used. Ryankiefer (talk) 01:10, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Found! Here are two more potential sources (both books) courtesy of Amazon:
 * A Greenhouse for the Mind, by Jacqueline Sanders, ISBN 0226734641
 * Not the Thing I Was: Thirteen Years at Bruno Bettelheim's Orthogenic School, by Stephen Eliot, ISBN 0312307497
 * Hope these help to update the section. Ryankiefer (talk) 18:01, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV
I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 13:22, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

On Bettelheim's tenure (1944-1973), mainly in-house sources and glaring omissions
We use the Orthogenic School site for about four cites and then a book by Bettelheim for one cite. Whereas, well, for starters there are abundant references that Bettelheim misrepresented his credentials.


 * Genius Or Fraud? Bettelheim's Biographers Can't Seem To Decide, Chicago Tribune, Ron Grossman, January 23, 1997, page 2: " . . But when the directorship of the Orthogenic School became available, he evidently gambled that because of the war no one would be able to check on his credentials. So he intimated to U. of C. officials that he had been cross-trained in psychology. Yet when his transcript was posthumously examined, it showed that he had taken but three introductory courses in the field. . "


 * Bruno Bettelheim: a cautionary life, Baltimore Sun, Paul R. McHugh, Jan. 19, 1997.


 * Turbulent dreams of a damaged saint, The Independent [UK], Nicholas Tucker, 8 December 1995. "  .  .  despite claims to the contrary, possessed no psychology qualifications of any sort.  .  "


 * Finn, Molly, June/July 1997, First Things, "In the Case of Bruno Bettelheim".


 * THE BATTLE OVER BETTELHEIM, Weekly Standard, Peter D. Kramer, April 7, 1997.

And there are more references. And our goal should be to use a good assortment of references and then tell it like it is, just like with any article. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 19:29, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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 * Biography As Revenge, Chicago Tribune, Marie Winn (who writes regularly for The Wall Street Journal's Leisure & Arts Page), Feb. 23, 1997.


 * " .  .  .   and his degree was in aesthetics, not psychology.  .  .  "


 * An Icon of Psychology Falls From His Pedestal, New York Times, Books, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (review of The Creation of Dr. B by Richard Pollak), Jan. 13, 1997.


 * " .  .  .  True, Bettelheim had earned a doctorate in philosophy,  .  .  .  "

Other sources say art history. He did not have the academic background in psychology he claimed to have. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 21:10, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Well, have made a start. A lot of work remains. Please jump in and help if this topic interests you. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 22:13, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Bettelheim's background was as a client of psychoanalysis?
[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-01-23/features/9701230196_1_orthogenic-school-bruno-bettelheim-pollak Genius Or Fraud? Bettelheim's Biographers Can't Seem To Decide], Chicago Tribune, Ron Grossman, January 23, 1997, page 2.

' .  .  .  During his Vienna years, Bettelheim had undergone analysis. His friends and ex-wife recalled that he was motivated to do so because his first marriage was failing. Yet once he became Dr. B of the Orthogenic School, he reinterpreted those sessions on the couch as the kind of training analysis every psychoanalyst must undergo. . .  '

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Separating Fact from Fiction in the Etiology and Treatment of Autism, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, James Herbert, Ian Sharp, Brandon Gaudiano (all three authors from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, Penn.), Vol. 1: No. 1, Spring-Summer 2002.

' .  .  .  although he frequently claimed to have studied under Freud in Vienna, Bettelheim possessed no formal training in psychoanalysis whatsoever,. . .  '


 * Please help ramp up our article if topic interests you. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 19:11, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

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An Icon of Psychology Falls From His Pedestal, New York Times, Books, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (review of The Creation of Dr. B by Richard Pollak), Jan. 13, 1997.

' .  .  .  and whatever psychoanalytic theory he knew he had learned in order to impress a woman he was trying to win away from one of Freud's students, Otto Fenichel. . .  '  [so, this is a little bit different than as client] ---

Finn, Molly, June/July 1997, First Things, "In the Case of Bruno Bettelheim"

' .  .  .  Further claims included studies with Arnold Schoenberg (no evidence), acquaintance with Sigmund Freud, and Freud's personal blessing on Bettelheim's analytic training (no evidence he ever met Freud), psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic training (a truncated analysis, no training), two books published (no books published), membership in an organization that studied the emotional problems of children and adolescents (no evidence). . .  '


 * Please help out if topic interests you. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 21:43, 21 February 2017 (UTC)