Question

I. Read Chapters 26 to 28 from your Text Book and PP presentations

II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 26 to 28 from Evolve Resources

III. Case Study: Play Therapy

A woman asked the nurse if play therapy would help her 11-year-old son who has become depressed. She stated, “When my son was 10, we lived in a neighborhood where the kids all went to school together. One evening we got a call that his friend Jason had hung himself in his closet. My son was devastated. The boys in the neighborhood, including Jason, had been over to play in the fort earlier in the day and had a great time. My son could not understand why this happened and does not want to talk to anyone.”

1. How would the nurse explain play therapy to the mother?

Which therapy would be beneficial for the child ? Unconditional positive regard or nondirective play therapy?

The mother says she also has a 6-year-old son with autism. Could play therapy help her other son as well?

Read Chapters 26 to 28 from your Text Book and PP presentations

II. NCLEX Review Questions Chapter 26 to 28 from Evolve Resources

III. Case Study: Play Therapy

A woman asked the nurse if play therapy would help her 11-year-old son who has become depressed. She stated, “When my son was 10, we lived in a neighborhood where the kids all went to school together. One evening we got a call that his friend Jason had hung himself in his closet. My son was devastated. The boys in the neighborhood, including Jason, had been over to play in the fort earlier in the day and had a great time. My son could not understand why this happened and does not want to talk to anyone.”

1. How would the nurse explain play therapy to the mother?

Which therapy would be beneficial for the child ? Unconditional positive regard or nondirective play therapy?

The mother says she also has a 6-year-old son with autism. Could play therapy help her other son as well?

Answer 1

Play therapy is used as a counseling or psychotherapy in which children express or communicate their feelings.

It is usually employed between the age 3 and 11.It is the way of express the feeling and experience through natural, self guided and self healing process .

Here the child is emotionally depressed with the situation of his friend. The child had been engaged in cooperative play. So the mother have encourage the child to play.

Expressive play could be provided to the child in which parents take an active role. This type of ay provide an opportunity to express feeling. Eg: Play using colored pencil, water cor, crayon and markers etc.

Autistic child has been engaged to solitary play as he have communication deficit, child have the unique thought and feeling. Integrated play group model is used the child to improve the social and symbolic play skills of child.