Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2016

Therapeutic role of Play Therapy: A Review

Dr. Akanksha Juneja

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 Play can be considered a medium through which children develop their social and cognitive skills, explore their social and physical environment and interact with others. Play therapy is a very efffective modality for working with children, adolescents, adults, groups, and families. Play is educational, creative, and stress relieving and encourages positive social interactions and communication. Play gives children a chance to master their worlds as they create, develop, and maintain their own senses of self. Play therapy is not just as "talking" therapy with adults; it is a mode that encompasses multiple approaches and theoretical viewpoints. Although play therapy is over 90 years old; its use has increased in past 15–20 years in school and mental health settings. This has significantly helped in identifying the cases of abused children, and has provided better means in behavioral management of children with special health care needs.

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Dr. Akanksha Juneja Therapeutic role of Play Therapy: A Review International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 10 | October 2016

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