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Title of the resource

"A play therapy-reaching the child with autism"

Who am I?

Teacher, Person with autism

Type of the resource

Scientific article, Approach/intervention

Languages available

English

Country of implementation

Australia

Type of access

Free

Main description

This paper proposes that play therapy can be an appropriate intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It proposes that play therapy may offer school counsellors opportunities that the more cognitive therapies do not. Through the use of case study research, the paper discusses and illustrates an intervention with a seven-year-old boy with autism across 12 sessions of sand play in a school in Queensland, Australia.

Resource URL

files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ921191.pdf

Resource

Type of setting

Mainstream school

Type of challenge addressed

Anxiety, Frustration, Communication, Sensory needs, Concentration, Challenging behaviour, Hyperactivity, Prerumble and Meltdown moments