An overview of the historical development of educational therapy as a treatment model for individuals with exceptional needs is presented. Out of this analysis two major disciplines emerge as having a significant influence on the practice of educational therapy: (1) the psychoeducational model which emphasizes the diagnosis and remediation of learning and emotional problems, and (2) the mental health approach which is primarily concerned with the amelioration of learning and emotional problems by intervening therapeutically in the individual's intrapsychic, interpersonal, and social world. A critique of these two major viewpoints is presented along with a more comprehensive model of education therapy which would include an assessment of family functioning as an integral part of the diagnostic and treatment process.
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