Topic > Effects of Play Therapy in School Counseling - 1698

Helps parents understand ADHD. Adlerian Play Therapy focuses on learning about the child's family life and at the same time learning how all family members communicate. The counselor prepares scenarios that the child can illustrate. This helps the family understand what problems and difficulties the child may have due to ADHD. In the article written by Walen, Teeling, Davis, Artley and Vignovich, two boys receive counseling through Adlerian Play Therapy. A boy called Andrew, he is 8 years old and has interrupted the lesson many times. The other boy is called Grayson and is unable to concentrate and learn in class. Both boys are compared in the experiment. Both students were counseled by their teacher and both boys received therapy for six weeks. Andrew received 11 sessions, 4 were group sessions and 7 were individual sessions. The sessions for Andrew focused on control and following the rules. Andrew preferred to be in charge, he was loud, boisterous. He tried to behave well but he often made mistakes and when he made mistakes it upset him, so he behaved badly. He was generous, kind and listened to others. Three therapeutic goals were developed for Andrew: (a) reduce his desire and need for perfection, (b) increase his crucial C of connection, and (c) increase constructive ways of attracting attention (Walen, Teeling, Davis , Artley and Vignovich, 2016). Its reason for being