Play Therapy Indonesia Play Therapy

Special Approach in
Play Therapy

• What makes it
unique than
other treatment?

• The evidence
approved

• The activities
inside Play
Therapy room
Play Therapy Speaks the Language Your Child Use
Play therapy are the most developmentally appropriate
way to approach children in a counseling relationship,
and it is in a safe, nurturing environment that children “Children become
play out what they have experienced, their reactions independent, not
and feelings about those experiences, what they need from being pushed
The Standards and Support System The PSA promotes the health, safety and in their lives, and how they feel about themselves. out, but from having
well-being of users of health and social their early needs
care services and is recognised as being met, and then being
Play is the child natural medium for self-expression, the
allowed to unfold
in the forefront of health regulation child is given the opportunity to play out his
with minimal
worldwide. accumulated feelings of tension, frustration, insecurity, intrusion.”
aggression, fear, bewilderment and confusion to be a Mark Barnes PhD
www.playtherapyregister.org.uk better decision maker to solve their own problem.
Safeguards that will be implemented in the Play Play Therapy Suit These Challenges
Therapy are as following:
• Abuse (Emotional, • Nightmares
• PTI/PTUK’s Ethical Framework Physical, Sexual) • Physical Disabilities
• Clinical Supervision • Anger / Aggressive • Poor School Attendance
• Clinical Governance • Attachment Issues • Separated / Divorced Parents
• Pre and Post Outcome Measures • Autistic Spectrum, ADD, • Social Exclusion
• Regular reporting ADHD (slight-moderate) • Trauma
• Review Sessions • Behavior Problems • Unauthorized Absences
• Bereavement / Loss • Withdrawn Personality
Our Websites: Interested in training as aTherapeutic Play
• Bullied / Bullies • Under Performing
Practitioners, Play Therapist, Filial Play Coach
www.terapibermain.id • Communication Problems (Academically, Socially,
please visit: www.playtherapy.id or www.cae- • Delayed Development Culturally)
www.playtherapy.org indonesia.com
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SDQ
The Benefit The Neuroscience Evidence In order to identify which children are
suitable with the Play Therapy
Reptilian Brain
• Play is essential for children program, there is anassessment
(lower brain, survival
to develop physically, process to do prior to implementing
brain)
emotionally and socially. the program.
• It fosters imagination and Mammalian Brain
The assessment process informs our
creativity (middle brain, need being ruled by the
decision making in 4 following steps:
• Encourages confidence and emotional brain) rational brain unable to
• Reason for referral
concentration. Neo Cortex form close
• SDQ scores
• It helps children to make (upper brain, the relationships.
• Child observation
friends and learn about rational thinking brain)
• Parent interview
their expanding world. Play Therapy help the
• It allows them to learn When Our Children children’s rational brain SDQ Measures
from mistakes safely Behave Reactively to co-ordinate the • Total Difficulties:
• It promoting a higher self emotional systems of - Emotional symptoms (5 items)Completed by Teacher/Referrer and Parents
They are tormented the mammalian brain. - Conduct problems (5 items)
esteem
by reptilian triggering So they could calm
• It encourages children to - Hyperactivity/inattention (5 items)
of defense and attack down and process their - Peer relationship problems (5 items)
be a better decision maker
impulses, the experiences to gain • Pro-Social Behavior (5 items)
and problem solver for mammalian brain cuts insight and make
their own problem. off feelings of love and problem solving.
Client Attributes - Gender & Age (5 - 16)
N=4340 clients Source: PTUK data
Play Therapy Main Tools
Creative Visualisation Understanding & Thinking
Story Telling Moral & Spiritual development
Drama Social relationships
Puppets & Masks Caring for self
Art Creativity & aesthetic experience
Music Communication
Dance & Movement Physical
Sandplay/Sandworlds Emotional
The proportion does not remain constant.
At age 8 there are 2.4 times the number
of boys (436) than girls (182).