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Matthews, Barbara – 1991
A therapeutic play program in New Zealand aims to provide an environment that helps children cope with the stress of being in a hospital. A relatively new aspect of child health care in New Zealand, the therapeutic play program is a preventive mental health program that differs from play therapy, which is intervention for children who have an…
Descriptors: Coping, Foreign Countries, Health Services, Hospitalized Children
Download full textKayes, Marianne – 1991
Case studies of three children who participated in the play program at Auckland Hospital in New Zealand are presented. About a third of the children admitted to the hospital have access to the play program, but only a few are able to participate in individual sessions with a hospital play specialist. The first case study described in this report…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Health, Coping, Emotional Experience
