Therapeutic Activities for Children and Teens Coping with Health Issues - Couverture souple

Hart, Robyn; Rollins, Judy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470555009 ISBN 13 : 9780470555002

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Hart Robyn Rollins Judy

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Hundreds of therapeutic activities designed to help children and adolescents cope with difficult health issues

Written to provide mental health professionals with a variety of activities to help children manage the physical and emotional challenges related to illness be it chronic, temporary, or that of a family member Therapeutic Activities for Children and Teens Coping with Health Issues presents more than two hundred curative, evidence–based, and age–appropriate activities and interventions that promote positive directions in overcoming obstacles and handling the stress, worry, and/or difficulties faced when dealing with illness.

Organized in a user–friendly format that allows busy professionals to quickly locate easy–to–follow activities, as well as step–by–step instructions for implementing them in a variety of settings, this comprehensive guide provides:

• Sixteen chapters of activities designed to promote understanding, adaptation, and coping for children and adolescents experiencing health issues of their own or those of a family member
• Five chapters that incorporate different approaches, such as humor, as well as a host of expanded topics, including grief, separation, and culture
• Activities that help children deal with specific health issues, including body image, desensitization to medical implements, death, pain, motor skills, and more
• Chapter introductions that include insightful theoretical overviews to support each method covered
• An accompanying CD containing customizable and reproducible activities, activity templates, and easy–to–use patterns

The only guide available of its kind, Therapeutic Activities for Children and Teens Coping with Health Issues assists mental health practitioners as well as members of the pediatric healthcare team including parents in understanding and implementing culturally sensitive, evidence–based activities that support the well–being of children and adolescents.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year 2011 (Category: Maternal And Child Health)

Building on children′s natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. This book is the only one of its kind with more than 200 therapeutic activities specifically designed for working with children and teenagers within the healthcare system. It provides evidence–based, age–appropriate activities for interventions that promote coping. The activities target topics such as separation anxiety, self–esteem issues, body image, death, isolation, and pain. Mental health practitioners will appreciate its "cookbook" format, with quickly read and implemented activities.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470555009
• ISBN 13: 9780470555002
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432