CYC 302 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Play Therapy, Art Therapy, Sensory System
7 Feb 2017
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Divided into three categories: play for pleasure, play for awareness, play for healing psychological wounds. Play is a universal method of attaining balance in ones life: creates equilibrium for children and adults between the demands of, play for fun living and those of being. Alter a child"s mood, reconfigure a social situation, and reward a child. Can be divided into three categories: games of : Play therapy uses toys, props, and structured conversations to allow children to deal with and express grief. Sensory exercises allow a traumatized child to begin to repair the damage done to the sensory system. Play therapy negative experiences through play: free-play experience where the child acts out fears, anxieties, and. Training therapist watches and records the child"s play to gain insight into the child"s problems facilitator with a variety of opportunities to enhance the child"s natural. Play, games, and activities are therapeutic tools that provide the healing abilities.
