Sand Play: A Therapeutic Medium with Children.

Vinturella, Lucy; James, Richard

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Publication Date: 1987

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Sand Play: A Therapeutic Medium with Children.

Vinturella, Lucy; James, Richard

Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, v21 n3 p229-38 Feb 1987

Presents a case study using sand therapy to help an eight-year-old boy cope with the death of his father. Notes that as a therapeutic play medium, sand play serves two main functions: as a diagnostic tool and as a means of therapeutic intervention. (ABB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Death, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems, Fatherless Family, Grief, Play Therapy, School Counselors, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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