This book looks at the use of play as a therapeutic and developmental tool when dealing with children across socio-economic divisions who have suffered trauma or loss.
It is divided into two parts—Part I covers key concepts on which play and play therapy is based. Part II of the book focuses on the use of various types of play and art methods while working with children.
The last section talks about the use of play to get messages across to children on important topics like child sexual abuse and life-formation skills.
List of Tables and Boxes List of Figures Introduction
PART I: Grounds for Play Concepts Underlying Play and Play Therapy
1. Unstructured Play and Child Mental Health: The Primordial Connection Lata Shenava
2. Play: A Description of Process that Underpin Play Shashi Kiran M. G.
3. Play Therapy: Theory and Practice Sugnyani Devi
Research and Research Approaches
4. Researching Kids: No Kids Play Anju Joseph, C.V. Rekha Nair
5. Story-stems as Assessment Tools M. Nithya Poornima, Priya Kayastha and Uma Hirisave
6. Story-Telling—A Qualitative Participative Method in Research with Children Kaveri Haritas, Shekhar Seshadri
Context of Application
7. Child Psycho-social Health Interventions in Complex Emergencies: The Scope for Use of Play and Creative Methods Sheila Ramaswamy
8. An Understanding of Trauma in the Life of Runaway Children: A Practitioner’s Insight Vikramjeet Sinha
Part II: Play on the Ground Methods
9. When Words are not Enough Naina Athale
10. Metaphor in Improvisation and Role Play with Street Children Vikramjeet Sinha
11. Using Puppetry and Theatre with Children: My Experience in Developmental, Educational and Trauma Contexts
Meena Naik
12. Holding Up a Mirror to Life Madhu Shukla
13. Campaign as a Methodology to Sensitise Children to Gender and Violence Shubhada Maitra, Pranita Achyut, Ruti Levtov
Contexts
14. Helping Young Children Conceptualise Death and Loss Sheila Ramaswamy
15. Use of Play while Conducting Sessions on Human Sexuality, Life Skills and Personal Safety for First to Tenth Standard School Students Sangeeta Saksena and Shoiba Saldanha
Contributors Index