Screening Process on Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Well-being Using the Play Therapy Approach

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200824.158How to use a DOI?

Keywords

School counseling, play therapy, screening process

Abstract

Play therapy is a counseling approach to children and involves a dynamic and therapeutic relationship between children and counsellors through the natural communication of ‘playing’, which helps children express their emotions and experiences more effectively. This study is to explore the use of the play therapy approach as a screening process in identifying children’s emotional and behavioural well-being. The screening process was conducted as part of a counseling intervention in a primary school setting. Three counselors-in-training who have been trained in play therapy were selected to conduct the screening process to identify children with emotional and behavioural issues and required further intervention. The study identified behavioural concerns at an early stage and provided timely intervention.

Copyright

© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Ku Suhaila Ku Johari
AU  - Mohamad Isa Amat
AU  - Zuria Mahmud
AU  - Salleh Amat
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/25
TI  - Screening Process on Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Well-being Using the Play Therapy Approach
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 703
EP  - 707
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.158
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.158
ID  - KuJohari2020
ER  -