A KEY CONCEPT IN THE CLINICAL AND PSYCHO-PATHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STREET CHILDREN AND YOUTH This theoretical hypothesis gave birth to the concept of the paradoxical over-adaptation of children and youth to life on the streets, as conceived and developed by Olivier Douville, a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and anthropologist who has … LIRE LA SUITEPARADOXICAL OVER-ADAPTATION

This first thematic booklet published by Samusocial International Egypt is part of a process of awareness raising and advocacy to better understand the specific constraints of the so-called “social reintegration” of children and young people in street situations.