which comes primarily through mastering social interaction situations and concrete skills’’ (Yoos, 1987, p. 27). James was
meeting his developmental tasks and was advanced academically, as he was in the gifted program at school. Socioculturally, the family was severely affected by the divorce. It had caused financial problems because the father, although a successful business man, was paying no child support. The family moved into small rental accommodations. The family, including three older girls and James, was quite close. The maternal grandmother was supportive and had a close relationship with James