Therapeutic Activities for Children and Teens Coping with Health Issues [Paperback]

Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year 2011 (Category: Maternal And Child Health)

Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. This book is the only one of its kind with more than 200 therapeutic activities specifically designed for working with children and teenagers within the healthcare system. It provides evidence-based, age-appropriate activities for interventions that promote coping. The activities target topics such as separation anxiety, self-esteem issues, body image, death, isolation, and pain. Mental health practitioners will appreciate its cookbook format, with quickly read and implemented activities.

Chart of Case Stories xiii

CHAPTER 1 The Case for a New Approach to Change 1

The Emerging Paradigm 9

The New Sciences 12

Thinking About Problems Using the New Paradigm 16

CHAPTER 2 Appreciative Inquiry: History, Theory, and Practice 21

Defining Appreciative Inquiry 22

A History of Appreciative Inquiry 23

AI and the Field of Organization Development 31

The Relevance of AI to Complex, Transformative Change 33

AI and the Challenge of Organization Transformation 34

Complex Change and the Two Gifts of Appreciative Inquiry 36

The Theoretical Basis for Appreciative Inquiry 38

Social Constructionism 38

The Power of Image 42

Social Constructionism + The Power of Image = Appreciative Inquiry in Organization Change 47

What Good Are Positive Emotions? 48

Case Story: Living Well with Dementia: Creating a Regional Strategy for the East Midlandsl32