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How Does Play Therapy Benefit Young Children?

Play therapy or play-based mental health intervention helps children with mental health concerns, social, and developmental concerns. What Is Play Therapy? Play therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses play as the medium to help children explore, express, and understand their emotions. It is used predominantly with children aged 2 to 12 years, individually

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Learn to Play - Referral Information for professionals in health or education

Learn to Play – Referral Information for professionals in health or education

Learn to Play Therapy aims to develop the ability of children to spontaneously engage in pretend play. It is for children aged 18 months to 10 years who find playing difficult. To benefit from Learn to Play Therapy children need to be developmentally at the 12 – 18 month level (particularly cognition) and have at

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Connecting and understanding your child through play

When we find ourselves wanting to understand and learn more about our child/ren, the best chance is to meet them on their level. Play is essentially the language children know and understand more than words. So, it is a no-brainer that play is where you can connect, understand and appreciate your child through their language.

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How can Child Centered Play Therapy help my child with challenging behaviour

How can Child Centered Play Therapy help my child with challenging behaviour?

Child Centered Play Therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that helps children process complicated emotions through their natural medium of communication, which is play; toys are seen as the child’s words and play as their language. It can be highly effective for children experiencing social, emotional, developmental or behavioural difficulties, including: meltdowns, early trauma experiences,

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