The Child-Parent Relationship Therapy Program and Its Adaptation for Physical Impairment, Autism and Deaf Children : A Narrative Review

The child-parent relationship therapy program is based on the principles of child-center play‌ therapy and focuses on the parent-child relationship as a basis for behavioral and emotional changes. Parents learn therapeutic skills during this program, become emotionally attuned to their child, and focus on caring, empathic understanding, and acceptance. The aim of this study was to introduce child-parent relationship therapy, its objectives, description of the intervention, and its adaptation for physical impairment, autism, and deaf children. The present research method is a review and narrative type. To select the articles, the keywords of child-parent relationship therapy, physical impairment, autism, and deaf were used in reliable scientific databases from 2006 to 2022. 63 articles, theses, or books were found, of which 40 were selected. Exceptional children have special needs. The parents of these children also play a key role in supporting and caring for their children. Child-parent relationship therapy focuses on strengthening the parent-child relationship through relationship therapy. Also, the adaptations and recommendations of this intervention have been provided according to the type of disability of children, especially for physical impairment, autism, and deaf children. As a result, this type of play therapy can be used as an effective intervention to improve the behavioral, emotional, and social problems of different groups of exceptional children.