For several years, therapies for children with different disabilities have focused on clinical processes that often cause discomfort and pain in patients. Hence, current times, other aspects related to therapy are evaluated, which allow the necessary process be carried out but also favor children's moods andemotions. This work proposes a methodology based Play from 3 5 years old Down syndrome. ...

Child-life therapy programs and pet-therapy programs are often used in pediatric hospital settings to provide emotional support and diversion; however there is little research about their efficacy. How play and pet therapy affect children was examined in this study of 70 hospitalized children. Self-reported mood, displayed affect, amount of touch, heart rate, blood pressure, and salivary cortis...

Introduction: A preschool-age child considers hospitalization to be a scary experience; when young is hospitalized, usually, he will not allowed move much and have rest treatment in the hospital called hospitalization. Method: Qualitative research using case studies form of reports. Results: After being given coloring play therapy, client's results are no longer tense, lethargic, agitated, she ...

Background: Sexual abuse and harassment are among the major threats to labor children, especially girls, which can be associated with anxiety and loneliness. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of Gestalt play therapy on anxiety and loneliness in Afghan female labor children with sexual abuse histories. Methods: This was a Single Case Research Design (SCRD) study of the AB model....

We applied the assimilation of problematic experiences sequence (APES) to a six-year-old girl’s processing traumatic involving violence and death in play therapy. analyzed post-session notes from first 34 sessions much longer treatment, during which girl repeatedly enacted drama we called cottage play, characters assumed by child assigned therapist. distinguished four phases based on changes th...

background: cancer is a major source of distress such as aggression and anxiety. it becomes a traumatic and painful for both children and their family.  therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of painting therapy on the reduction of aggression and anxiety among hospitalized children with cancer (8-12 aged). methods: the study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest...