been accepted by society as long as the human story has been recorded and was probably admitted long before this. Play is not only the recreation of the young, but it helps to prepare and train them for their tasks in after life. No doubt it has long been recognized that by means of play the child works off his surplus energy, releases the exuberance of his spirits and expresses his personality...

The value of play in the treatment of nervous disturbance is now generally recognised. Even in adult treatment there is play of a kind, though here the play is with ideas expressed mainly through words. For children the medium is less intellectualised, and play involves activity as well as speech. Concrete expression and experimentation are normal and necessary to the child, and provide therapy...

objective: the present research was conducted to study the effect of play therapy on reducing behavioral problems of children with oppositional defiant disorder. method: using multistage cluster sampling, regions 6, 7, and 8 in tehran were selected. among kindergartens of these areas, 3 kindergartens which were supported by the welfare organization were randomly selected. of all the pre-school ...

aim and background: one of the most important learning disabilities is spelling learning disability which is accompanied by memory problems and social skills. the main aim of present research was to review the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral play therapy on memory and social skills of children with spelling learning disability. methods and materials: the research method of present study w...

Homelessness and the associated feelings of loss are highly distressing for parents and their children who experience them. The implications for young, homeless children are clinically significant, as these children tend to display higher rates of depressive, anxious feelings. The literature suggests that parents are especially challenged during a period of homelessness, as they cannot provide ...

Rogers (1957; see record 2007-14639-002) foreshadows the later development of the person-centered approach in North America and elsewhere. In this paper, the authors present contrasting perspectives on the legacy of this key paper. First, from the perspective of classical person-centered therapy, Freire describes the context for this key paper within the wider frame of Rogers' body of work and ...

thinking, language, cognition, the capacities for self-observation and self-evaluation, and the ability to project present conditions into the future. The child’s active participation in the process is perforce more sporadic and less reliable than that of the adult. (1978, p. 297) Finally, it is vital to stress that in addition to offering interpretations in the idiom of the play, the analyst m...