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Dr. Victoria Bafi-Yeboa at the monument of the famed moral therapist

OTTAWA — PARIS July 2016.

Dr. Victoria Bafi-Yeboa at the monument of the famed moral therapist, Dr. Philippe Pinel in Paris.

Dr. Philippe Pinel, a French [20 April 1745 – 25 October 1826) was a famous physician and psychiatrist in charge of patients at the well known, hospital and asylum Bicetre, in Paris. Pinel was one of the scientists to observe, study and acknowledge developmental deficits in a boy with special needs; Victor of Aveyron.                                                     

Panel’s observations, study and assessment reports on Victor contributed to global study of the special needs child.