Play and the Hospitalized Child.

Weininger, Otto

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ERIC Number: EJ289262

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1983

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Play and the Hospitalized Child.

Weininger, Otto

Canadian Counsellor, v17 n2 p67-74 Jan 1983

Emphasizes the importance of play therapy for hospitalized children. Describes separation anxiety and psychological patterns including protest, despair, and denial. Describes the play therapy program at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, which helps children express their fears and cope with anxiety. (JAC)

Descriptors: Coping, Emotional Problems, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Hospitalized Children, Play Therapy, Program Descriptions, Psychological Patterns, Separation Anxiety

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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