In “Child’s Play: How Play Therapy Works,” Casado-Frankel observes that parents often ask about the effectiveness of playtherapyas a form of treatment and say, “But it’s just play!” Art therapy often attracts the same question and a similar response—“But it’s just arts and crafts!
Licensed Child Psychologist Dr. Nicolini is a licensed psychologist who provides treatment to children ages birth to 20 and specializes in the assessment and treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders. Dr. Nicolini received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Nebraska and ...
children whom the CHC psychologist assessed with LillaLAPS as having behavioural problems also had low scores for engagement (e.g. in play and social interaction) in preschool. This further illuminates the importance of not only paying attention to the active,...
Psychologist Sandra Russ (2004) identified a number of different cognitive and affective processes that are associated with pretend play. Her research dealing with play involves fantasy, make-believe, symbolism, organization, cognitive integration of seemingly separate content, and divergent thinking (th...
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As a mother of two young children, having your child eat more fruits and vegetables is always the goal. If you are like me, when my children were starting to eat solids, I could easily offer them various fruits and vegetables. They would typically take the food offered on their highchairs...
It's wild. Read how Jetson might be used on folks in the United States or read Technos skeptics interview with Jeffrey Miller, an evolutionary psychologist who spills the tea on why AI could be society's downfall, which is, you know, not a surprise to a lot of people listening to this...
The answer is that at a core level, we are allmulti-dimensionalandmulti-facetedpeople. Psychologist Carl Jung called the energies that reside within usarchetypesand one of the primary archetypes that all human beings possess is that of The Child....
She went to a psychologist for therapy and I offered that we should go together but she does not want to do that, because she is afraid that we may tell the psychologist our point of view of it and then be told her share of the blame. It is so much easier to have a make believe...
speech by using both a reflection (repeat back what your child said) as well as a specific praise (compliment aspects of her sharing). For example, your child says that she wants the chocolate cupcake. You say, “You want the chocolate cupcake. Thank you for letting me know what you ...