In this qualitative research study the focus is on the use of sensory integration strategies with children who have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Three respondents specialising in sensory integration in the Durbanville area were involved. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with each of the respondents in order to gain knowledge on the use of sensory integration strategies with children who have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by a professional other than an occupational therapist. After permission had been obtained, the interviews were captured on video tape and transcribed for use in the empirical study. Seven themes were identified from the interviews and a literature control was done with each of the themes. The researcher did not attempt to generalise the results of the research, but tried to reflect on the information that the respondents provided. The researcher summarised the findings of the empirical study and made recommendations. / Social Work / M. Diac (Play Therapy)

The relationship that exists between the educator and the ]earners is very important. A positive relationship will contribute to the learners' feeling safe to explore their potentiaL A positive relationship will lead to educators feeling motivated towards teaching. Educators do, however, bring unfinished business to the classroom that affects their relationship with their learners. The learners also bring unfinished business to the classroom that affects their relationship with their educators. The resulting educatorlearner relationship is characterized by a contact making process of exclusion. 'I11is often leads to disciplinary problems and learners being referred to the school psychologist for counseling. The first research objective, therefore, was to develop a Gestalt program that wiiJ assist in creating a safe environment in which the learners and educators can share their feelings and emotions. The second objective was to establish a contact making process of inclusion between learners and educators in the foundation phase. After reviewing literature on the research problem. the researcher consulted experts on the subject. Thorough research was done on existing literature relating to the research problem. Using as a base the information gathered from consulting experts, the literature search and the preliminary exploratory studies, the researcher developed the program. The program was first pilot tested at school A. After completion of the pilot study, the program was tested under field conditions at school B. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis procedures were used to analyze the data. The results from both the pilot test and the field test indicated that the program increased the awareness of the educators who formed part of the experimental group. The awareness of the educators who formed part of the control group, who did not receive the intervention, stayed the same. The results of the research project allowed the researcher to continue developing a product for dissemination. The research study contributed to the development of a Gestalt program that assisted in creating a safe environment where the learners and educators could share their feelings and emotions. The program also contributed lo creating a contact making process of inclusion between educators and learners in the foundation phase. Finally the research study provided a program that can be used to assist professionals and other individuals in the fields of education, psychology or social work. / Social work / M. Diac.

The aim of the study was to measure the presence of work engagement and wellbeing among Gestalt play therapists in South Africa. A literature study was undertaken to examine the concepts of work engagement and well-being, and a conceptual framework was given of the Gestalt play therapist and the work that they do with traumatized children within the South African context. This literature study forms the theoretical framework in which the study was done. After completion of the literature study, the empirical study was conducted. The researcher made use of a biographical questionnaire and four psychometric instruments to compile research data; it is the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Subjective Happiness Scale and Scales of Psychological Well-being. The data obtained was quantatively analysed, research findings were discussed and recommendations were made. The empirical data indicated work engagement and well-being to be statistically significant present in Gestalt play therapists in South Africa. / M. Diac. (Play Therapy) / Social Work

Text in Afrikaans / The researcher is qualified as a pre-school teacher and experiences that pre-schoolers behave negatively at times. The researcher was exposed to playtherapy techniques in post-graduate studies . These techniques could be used by pre-school teachers to handle negative behavior. The question arises if pre-school teachers are already applying these techniques . This question is researched in this study by using research questionnaires . The study was done in and Tshwane. The dissertation consists of five chapters. In the first chapter the research proposal is discussed. The second chapter covers terms like play and playtherapy with reference to the pre-schooler . Chapter three looks at the pre-schooler, pre-school education and negative behavior. In chapter four the results of the research are presented and discussed. In the last chapter, chapter five, conclusions, recommendations, a general conclusion and a closing remark are made. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Theraphy)

The goal of the study was to determine whether there would be a significant improvement in preschool children’s emotional intelligence when a Gestalt intervention programme was implemented. The research was conducted according to the quantitative approach with a pre-test/post-test design. The Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (2nd edition) was completed and returned by a sample of 30 parents (N=30) from a crèche in the Gauteng area. The Joseph Picture Self-Concept Scale was used to test a sample of 30 preschool children (N=30) from the same crèche. The representative sample of preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years was divided into an experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) group. A Gestalt play therapy intervention programme, the Wise child programme, was conducted with the experimental group. The results indicated that there was a significant improvement of the preschool children’s emotional intelligence in terms of intra- and interpersonal skills after the implementation of a Gestalt intervention programme. / Social Work / M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

Caregivers in children’s homes are the front-end workers who care for looked-after children daily. Looked-after children in children’s homes constitute a particularly vulnerable group, who are known to reveal mental health problems, which complicate the care-giving role. In conjunction with the lack of training and support, caregivers experience great challenges. This research study explores and describes the training and holistic care-giving needs of caregivers, by applying qualitative needs assessment design, where the responses of 12caregivers are explored and described. Data from the literature and semi-structured interviews and questionnaires was categorised into themes. Overarching findings include altruistic needs, the need for support and to be valued, with the researcher making recommendations and providing a convincing argument for immediate therapeutic support for caregivers. / Social Work / M.Diac. (Play Therapy)

O presente estudo visa investigar a supervisão psicanalítica da ludoterapia de crianças que sofreram trauma e abandono, a partir da contribuição dos processos de transferência e contratransferência. Faz um estudo das relações transferenciais e contratransferenciais percebidas de forma mais destacada nas supervisões, utilizando como principal embasamento teórico, a literatura baseada na psicanálise inglesa, principalmente as concepções Kleinianas e pós-Kleinianas, partindo do pensamento de Freud, cujas formulações originaram e serviram de ponto de partida para os desenvolvimentos da teoria e da técnica psicanalítica. Ao discutir o trauma, o abandono, a ludoterapia e a supervisão psicanalítica, nesses contextos, utiliza-se, também, de elaborações teóricas de autores, como Anne Alvarez e contemporâneos, os quais tiveram grande interlocução com as teorias de Melanie Klein, e também conhecimentos provenientes de estudos e pesquisas de outras áreas que são compatíveis com esta orientação. Como material clínico, faz uso de transcrições de sessões de supervisão nas quais estão incluídas as transcrições de sessões feitas pelos psicoterapeutas para a supervisão. Para a análise do material, adota a postura investigativa própria da situação de supervisão psicanalítica sobre o que acontece nas relações paciente/supervisionando e supervisionando/supervisor. Conclui que o trauma e o abandono provocam perturbações e desorganizações psíquicas nas crianças que os sofrem, que são percebidas e vivenciadas de forma específica na sua relação com seu psicoterapeuta e na situação de supervisão. As dificuldades apresentadas na ludoterapia de crianças traumatizadas e abandonadas na instituição - as angústias mobilizadas pela realidade física e emocional delas, a transmissão dos sentimentos negativos do trauma e do abandono e convites à atuação e ao abandono do lugar de psicólogo e supervisor fazem parte da avalanche de sentimentos perturbadores, transferenciais e contratransferenciais, que envolvem psicólogos e supervisores no trabalho clínico com as crianças traumatizadas. / This study investigates the psychoanalytical supervision of the play therapy with children of have suffered trauma and abandonment, taking into account the transference and the countertransference processes in the supervision of these psychotherapeutic processes, in the view of the English psychoanalysis, in special of Melanie Klein and her followers. The discussion of the concepts of trauma and abandonment, and of the psychoanalytical supervision of play therapy in these contexts, considered also several authors who have great affinity with Kleins ideas, such as Anne Alvarez, as well as researches in other fields that were compatible with the same theoretical approach. The clinical material analysed was based in the transcriptions of the play therapy sessions with the children, brought by their psychotherapists to supervision. For this analysis it was adopted an investigative approach compatible with the psychoanalytical supervision, focussing in the relationship patient/psychotherapist, and in the relationship psychotherapist/supervisor. The investigation concluded that trauma and abandonment can cause psychological disorders in the children that were exposed to them, and these experiences have also specific influences in the child/psychotherapist relationship as well as in the psychotherapists supervision. The difficulties presented in the play therapy of traumatized and abandoned children living in a public institution, as well as the anguishes that their physical and emotional reality mobilized in their environment and in the psychotherapist, the transmission of the negative feelings related to their traumatic experiences and, the constant challenges to have acting-outs and to leave the role of psychotherapist and of supervisor, are all important elements in the transference and countertransference of the emotional disorder, that psychotherapist and supervisor have to face in their clinical work.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:40:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Debora Diegues.pdf: 2171489 bytes, checksum: 50565bd30b19e260009496839b1a626b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-04 / In psychological literature there is considerable collection about the development of play, in its universal concept, but the same has not happened when thinking about studies on the play of children with disabilities, specifically the Down Syndrome (DS). Created in 1994 the Ludic Model (or Modéle Ludique) is a theoretical for clinical intervention, developed by Francine Ferland, occupational therapist, whose research focused on playing in clinical practice with children with physical disabilities. Based on this framework, Ferland proposes two evaluation s protocols: "Initial Interview with Parents" (IIP) and "Evaluation of Ludic Behavior" (ELB) of children with disabilities in preschool age. Thus, the following paper aims to determine possible contributions of these protocols for analysis and characterization of the play of children with DS, which have the main characteristic global developmental delay. The study included eight children of both sexes diagnosed with SD, aged between six and ten years and their legal guardians. Data analysis procedures were based on the Ludic Model, translated and adapted to portuguese. The results indicate that the children showed interest mainly by hearing stimuli, spontaneity and pleasure to play. However, not all children showed sense of humor, taste for challenges and initiative, demonstrating a more passive way to play. It was concluded as one of the possibilities, intervention in "Playful Attitude". Finally, this study offers subsidies for the health professional can analyze play sessions for children with DS and determine intervention focuses, considering the lack of instruments for this purpose. / Na literatura de psicologia existe considerável acervo sobre o desenvolvimento do brincar, em seu conceito universal, porém, o mesmo não tem acontecido quando se pensa em estudos sobre o brincar de crianças com deficiência, mais especificamente a Síndrome de Down (SD). Criado em 1994 o Modelo Lúdico (ou Modéle Ludique) é um referencial teórico para intervenção clínica, desenvolvido por Francine Ferland, terapeuta ocupacional, que tem como foco de investigação o brincar na prática clínica com crianças com deficiência física. Com base neste referencial, Ferland propõe dois protocolos de avaliação: Entrevista Inicial com os Pais (EIP) e Avaliação do Comportamento Lúdico (ACL) da criança com deficiência física em idade pré-escolar. Assim, o seguinte estudo tem como objetivo verificar possíveis contribuições destes protocolos para análise e caracterização do brincar de crianças com SD, que apresentam como característica principal o atraso global no desenvolvimento. Participaram do estudo oito crianças de ambos os sexos com diagnóstico de SD, com idade entre seis e dez anos, além de seus responsáveis legais. Os procedimentos de análise dos dados tiveram como base o Modelo Lúdico, traduzido e adaptado para o português. Os resultados indicam que as crianças apresentaram interesse principalmente por estímulos sonoros, espontaneidade e prazer ao brincar. No entanto, nem todas as crianças apresentaram senso de humor, gosto por desafios e iniciativa, demonstrando uma forma de brincar mais passiva. Concluiu-se como uma das possibilidades, intervenção em Atitude Lúdica . Finalmente, o presente estudo oferece subsídios para que o profissional de saúde possa analisar sessões lúdicas de crianças com SD e determinar focos de intervenção, considerando a carência de instrumentos com esse objetivo.

Uma criança, para um desenvolvimento emocional saudável, necessita de um ambiente acolhedor, que possa atender a suas necessidades básicas, sem provocar invasões nesse processo, ambiente este denominado por Winnicott de suficientemente bom. Pode-se refletir que uma criança que sofreu maus-tratos experienciou momentos de invasão no seu processo de integração que poderiam prejudicar seu desenvolvimento posterior e que seria de grande importância uma psicoterapia como possibilidade de elaboração de suas vivências e sustentação de seu crescimento. Partindo deste pressuposto, o presente trabalho objetivou realizar um diálogo entre teoria e prática, prática esta advinda de um processo psicoterapêutico de uma criança que sofreu abuso físico por parte de sua mãe, retirada de seu lar e abrigada em uma instituição, baseando-se em uma perspectiva winnicottiana do desenvolvimento emocional. As sessões eram realizadas na própria instituição onde a criança se encontrava abrigada, tendo sido realizadas 106 sessões de ludoterapia de orientação psicanalítica, com freqüência semanal de três vezes por semana, no período de Novembro de 2001 a Fevereiro de 2003. Pôde-se perceber que, através da ludoterapia, a criança pôde desenvolver-se emocionalmente, elaborando vivências traumáticas e experienciando um ambiente não intrusivo e acolhedor, podendo trabalhar aspectos relativos a sua identidade, casa e família. O atendimento continua até o presente momento, através da inserção de uma nova psicoterapeuta. / A child, for a healthy emotional development, needs a welcoming environment, named by Winnicott as a good enough environment, which can take care of the child’s basic necessities without invading him in his process. It can be though that a maltreated child has experienced moments of invasion in his integration process that could prejudice his ulterior development and a psychotherapy would have a great importance as a possibility of traumatic experience’s elaboration and of a holding for his growth. Taking this view in to consideration, the present work has aimed a dialogue between theory and practical work based in a Winnicott’s perspective of the emotional development. The practical work comes from a psychotherapeutic process of a child who has suffered physical abuse perpetrated by his mother and was living in an institution for maltreated children. The total of 106 sessions occurred in the institution where the child used to live, in a frequency of three sessions per week, from November of 2001 to February of 2003. It was possible to notice that, through the play therapy, the child could develop himself emotionally, elaborate traumatic experiences and experiment a supporting and non-intrusive environment. It was possible to work psychological aspects related to his identity, home and family. The play therapy continues until the present moment through the insertion of a new therapist.

Bereavement of a miscarriage is complex because of factors that are unique to this loss. There is no visible child to mourn for, no memories or shared life experiences. The death is sudden and there usually a lack of recognition of the significance of such a loss by society. In addition, women who miscarry are often in need of the absent social and emotional support that is provided with other types of bereavement. The suppression of appropriate mourning due to society’s inhibitions may cause further stress and long-term emotional consequences. Prenatal loss is unique in the sense that the parents do not know the object of loss as it would be with the death of a loved one who has been part of their lives and social structure. The anticipated child is both a fantasy child and an internal entity within a woman’s body. The loss of a baby is also the loss of part of a women’s self. The researcher is of the opinion that a miscarriage is a traumatic experience which, if not thoroughly dealt with, can cause great damage to a sufferer’s life. According to her, projective techniques in the form of play therapy can encourage women to talk about their miscarriage in order to deal with suppressed emotions. The purpose of this research was to determine to what extent projective techniques could be used in respect of a mother’s emotional experience of a miscarriage. For this study the qualitative research approach was used. The participants were selected by making use of purposive sampling as a form of non-probability sampling. During the empiric research two respondents attended eight in-depth interviewes with a therapeutic component. The first interview comprised a semi-structured interview schedule. Six interviews followed where projective play therapeutic techniques were used. The empirical data was obtained from the interview schedule and the researcher was the primer instrument of gathering information. The value of meaning that the participants attached to the subject was of great importance. The empirical data showed that the two participants were better enabled to deal with their miscarriages after the interviews. Thus, regarding the experience of the two paricipants, it was possible to answer the research question positively. It seems as if projective techniques can indeed be used in respect of a mother’s emotional experience of a miscarriage. / Dissertation (MA (Play Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Social Work / unrestricted