Play and play therapy is required for every child to promote the growth and development during childhood. its also use a diversional therapy or re-creational activity.

1. PLAY
Prepared By:
Chandani Modi
Child health Nursing

2. Introduction
• Just as adults work, so does the child plays. It is
the main business of the child. Through play the
child grows, develops, learns and ultimately
matures. Play is the child’s daily work.

3. Definition
Play is an activity in which anyone is engaged for
enjoyment without considering it’s end results.

4. Types
• Active play
• Passive play

5. Types of Active play
• Exploratory play
• Construction
• Dramatic play
• Family games
• Neighborhood games

6. Types of Passive play
• Watching others
• Looking at pictures
• Listening stories

7. Advantage / Benefits / Importance
• Sensory Motor Development
• Intellectual Development
• Social Development
• Creativity
• Therapeutic Value
• Moral Value

8. Selection of Toys
While selecting or providing toys for children,
parents should keep in mind something which
are required for children

9. Play Therapy
• It is generally employed with children aged 3-11
years. It provides a way to them for expression of
their experiences and feelings through a natural
and self guided process.

10. Definition
• Play therapy is a form of counseling or
psychotherapy that uses play to communicate
with children and help them to resolve
psychosocial challenges.
• It can also be defined as a technique whereby the
child’s natural means of expression.

11. Types
• Individual versus Group Play Therapy
• Spontaneous or Free versus Controlled or
Situational Play Therapy
• Structured versus Unstructured Play Therapy
• Directive versus Non-directive Play Therapy

12. Play Therapy Team
• Child Psychologist
• Trained play leader
• Child specialist or pediatrician
• Nurse
• Social worker or Counsellor

13. Suitable play material according to age
• Infant
• Toddlers
• Preschool children
• School age children