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Work Matters: Training: Theraplay - How to connect
Nursery World,
10 January 2008
Practitioners could add a string to their bow with training in a play-based child-and-parent therapy. Karen Faux reports.
Theraplay is an action-based therapy aimed at building secure attachment between a child and their parent or caregiver. Although it has been popular in the US since the 1950s, it is only just beginning to build awareness in the UK, with the Chicago-based Theraplay Institute delivering regular training sessions over here. The technique addresses four essential qualities found in parent-child relationships - structure, nurture, engagement and challenge - and uses a play-based approach to enhance interaction. Touch, eye contact and 'parentese' are...
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