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Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/51750 Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group November, Karen Loxton, H. S. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. Play therapy Caregivers -- Training of Dissertations -- Psychology Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group. The effectiveness was evaluated qualitatively by using participant observation to determine whether the facilitators were able to assess the difficulties of these children and implement the techniques of play therapy to address these difficulties. Literature was used as a general guideline to determine the criteria needed for lay play therapists dealing with specifically traumatized children. It was found that most facilitators experienced difficulty in assessing aggression, withdrawal, nightmares excessive shyness and thumb sucking as symptoms of difficult behaviour. They were, however, able to recognize more explicit symptoms like fearful behaviour and excessive clinging behaviour accurately. The majority used drawings and observations rather than interviews and history taking as assessment strategies. Mutual storytelling, painting and unstructured play were the primary means of intervention used. It was concluded that although difficulty with assessing age appropriate behaviour was present, the facilitators succeeded in using non-threatening therapeutic techniques to address difficult behaviours in children. In the classification of Overall Communication the facilitators performed quite well. They excelled at listening, understanding and empathy skills. The programme thus succeeded in providing necessary skills, but can be improved structurally to make these skills more accessible. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om die doeltreffendheid van 'n opleidingsprogram in spelterapie vir jeugdiges as fasiliteerdes van kindergroepe vir teruggekeerde bannelinge te evalueer. Deelnemende waarneming is as kwalitatiewe maatstaf gebruik om die doeltreffendheid van die program te meet. Daar word gekyk na die fasiliteerder se vermoë om die kinders se probleemareas te identifiseer en om spelterapietegnieke te implementeer wat hierdie probleme aanspreek. Verder word relevante literatuur gebruik as kriteria vir leke-spelterapeute wat werk met spesifieke getraumatiseerde kinders. Die resultate van die onderhawige studie wys dat fasiliteerders dit moeilik gevind het om simptome soos aggressie, onttrekkingsgedrag, nagmerries, uitermatige skaamheid en duimsuig te identifiseer as probleemareas. Hulle het dit wel moontlik gevind om meer voor die handliggende simptome soos vreesbevange gedrag en oormatige klouerigheid akkuraat te herken. Die meerderheid fasiliteerders het gebruik gemaak van tekeninge en waarnemings vir identifisering van probleemareas eerder as onderhoudsvoering en die insameling van agtergrondsgeskiedenis. Die spelterapietegnieke wat die meeste gebruik was, is die gesamentlike vertel van stories, verf en ongestruktureerde spel. Ten slotte is gevind dat, alhoewel die fasiliteerders gesukkel het om ouderdomsgepaste gedrag te identifiseer, hulle daarin geslaag het om nie-bedreigende terapeutiese tegnieke aan te wend om sodoende probleemgedrag aan te spreek. In die klassifikasie van Oorkoepelende Kommunikasie, het die fasiliteerders uitgeblink in veral luister- begrips- en empatievaardighede. Die program slaag dus daarin om vaardighede beskikbaar te stel, maar sou struktureel verbeter kan word om hierdie vaardighede meer toeganklik te maak. Masters 2012-08-27T11:34:40Z 2012-08-27T11:34:40Z 2000-04 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51750 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 62 p. application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Play therapy Caregivers -- Training of Dissertations -- Psychology November, Karen Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group |
| title | Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group |
| title_full | Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group |
| title_short | Evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children's group |
| title_sort | evaluation of a play therapy training programme for youth facilitators of a returned exile children s group |
| topic | Play therapy Caregivers -- Training of Dissertations -- Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51750 |
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