Can children’s play themes be assessed to inform play therapy practice? Sarah, Bridget, Parson, Judith, Renshaw, Kate and Stagnitti, Karen 2021, Can children’s play themes be assessed to inform play therapy practice?, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 257-267, doi: 10.1177/1359104520964510. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Can children’s play themes be assessed to inform play therapy practice? Author(s) Sarah, Bridget Parson, Judith orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-8713 Renshaw, Kate Stagnitti, Karen orcid.org/0000-0002-6215-3390 Journal name Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry Volume number 26 Issue number 1 Start page 257 End page 267 Total pages 11 Publisher Sage Publications Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2021 ISSN 1359-1045 1461-7021 Keyword(s) Social Sciences Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychiatry Psychology Prescriptive play therapy play themes play ability assessment Summary In play therapy with children, identifying play themes is key to understanding the meaning within sessions, and allows therapists to systematically track therapeutic change. This study investigated if play themes could be identified using a time limited, standardized assessment, for children aged 5–7 years. A descriptive, observational mixed methods, non-experimental study with 30 typically developing children was conducted, with participants assessed individually on one occasion using the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment (ChIPPA). Play themes were able to be identified for 26 of the 30 participants. Of these 26 children, a range of primary and subthemes were observed. These findings indicate that a baseline measure of both play ability and play themes can be integrated to prescribe and align the model of play therapy with the needs of the child. Play themes were not identified for four participants which may be due to limited pretend play ability, indicating that deficits in play ability may need to be addressed in the first instance. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1359104520964510 Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30144795 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 02 Nov 2020, 07:39:11 EST Tue, 03 Nov 2020, 04:01:28 EST Tue, 03 Nov 2020, 06:27:05 EST Sat, 14 Nov 2020, 01:34:04 EST Sat, 09 Jan 2021, 01:41:27 EST Tue, 12 Jan 2021, 05:22:23 EST Thu, 11 Feb 2021, 14:10:11 EST Thu, 11 Feb 2021, 14:12:50 EST Thu, 11 Feb 2021, 15:06:54 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 14 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 02 Nov 2020, 07:39:11 EST

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