Handbook of Medical Play Therapy and Child Life: Interventions in Clinical and Medical Settings

The Handbook of Medical Play Therapy and Child Life brings together the voices and clinical experiences of dedicated clinical practitioners in the fields of play therapy and child life.\n\nThis volume offers fresh insights and up to date research in the use of play with children, adolescents, and families in medical and healthcare settings. Chapters take a strength-based approach to clinical interventions across a wide range of health-related issues, including autism, trauma, routine medical care, pending surgeries both large and small, injury, immune deficiency, and more. Through its focus on the resiliency of the child, the power of play, and creative approaches to healing, this handbook makes visible the growing overlap and collaboration between the disciplines of play therapy and child life. Additional ISBNs 9781138690004, 9781315527857, 9781315527840Handbook of Medical Play Therapy and Child Life: Interventions in Clinical and Medical Settings 1st Edition is written by Lawrence C. Rubin and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Handbook of Medical Play Therapy and Child Life are 9781315527833, 1315527839 and the print ISBNs are 9781138690011, 1138690015. Additional ISBNs include 9781138690004, 9781315527857, 9781315527840.