Research summaries for autism therapy: play therapy

definition of play therapy: A child's natural instincts to play are encouraged as a therapeutic intervention. Play therapy may be useful in situations of stress and anxiety among others.
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Designing Affective Video Games to Support the Social-Emotional Development of Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Summarized Aug 26, 2010

Social computer games may someday be a good intervention for adolescents with autism.

Play therapy is often used to treat children with autism, but many adolescents feel themselves to be too old for play therapy. This short paper describes the use of certain types of video games as an intervention for people with autism. The author describes the field of social physics as a way of having computers see the emotions of the player. The author suggests that such video game structures could mimic the real social world.

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Psychotherapy of Small Children, Summarized Apr 8, 2010

Psychotherapy may be useful in helping small children with autism to notice their peers and learn what their peers are feeling.

This article reviews the use of psychotherapy for young children and presents a case study of the use of psychotherapy to treat a child with autism. For small children psychotherapy may involve play therapy, music therapy, or drawings. Music therapy is used because it brings the child back to fetal life and the feel of the mother’s heart beat. Drawing can be used to see the problems that the child is having and to watch the progress of the child during psychotherapy. Drawings may be very helpful in learning about the world of a child with autism.

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Emotional, Motivational and Interpersonal Responsiveness of Children with Autism in Improvisational Music Therapy, Summarized Sep 30, 2009

Some children with autism may enjoy and respond well to music therapy.

The researchers compared responses of 10 children with autism during music therapy and during toy play therapy. These children were more joyful and more engaged during music therapy than during play therapy. There were also more positive responses to the therapist during music therapy than during play therapy. The authors think that music therapy may be very helpful for the social, emotional, and motivational development of children with autism.

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Collaborating to Support Meaningful Participation in Recreational Activities of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Summarized Sep 9, 2009

Recreational activities include playing, sports, relaxation, playing music, theater, and travelling. These activities can help a variety of social, motor, and cognitive skills. They can also relieve stress in people and families.... Read more...

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Synonyms for play therapy include: P.L.A.Y., PLAY Project, PLAY project, play-based, play-based therapy
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