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Children love to play. Apart from satisfying curiosity, children can also learn various things through games. In addition, playing also offers various other benefits for children's growth and development. That is why playing can also be used as a treatment for children with special needs. This method is known as play therapy. However, children with what conditions are advised to follow this therapy?

Benefits of play therapy for children

Children with special needs generally have difficulty carrying out activities that other children can easily do. However, this condition does not become a barrier for children to be able to do activities and interact with friends their age.

To overcome this, usually a pediatrician, pediatric psychiatrist, or a psychologist will recommend play therapy or play therapy . There are many benefits play therapy for children, including:

Develop children's self-confidence in their abilities
Foster empathy, respect, and respect for others
Improve the ability to self-control and social skills
Learn to express emotions in a healthy way
Hone your ability to solve problems better
Train children to be responsible for their behavior

As the name suggests, therapy is carried out with a variety of children's games, ranging from playing with dolls, arranging blocks, drawing, coloring, playing musical instruments, and other games.

Children who are recommended to take this therapy

Play therapy it is often used as a treatment for children who feel stressed, have a stressful life, or have certain medical conditions. Children who need this therapy include:

Children who are neglected by their parents
Children whose parents divorced and lived separately.
Have a chronic illness, anxiety disorder, ADHD disease, stress, or depression
Children who are disabled due to burns, accident survivors, and / or have birth defects, such as deafness, blindness, or mute.
Have a learning disorder such as dyslexia
Children whose academic performance is poor for one reason or another
Children who have experienced trauma due to accidents, domestic violence, victims of natural disasters, or victims of sexual violence.
Experiencing sadness or depression tendencies after being left by a loved one.
A child who has a phobia and withdraws from the outside world.
Children who tend to be aggressive, unruly, and difficult to control emotions.