Fun Games and Physical Activities to Help Heal Children Who Hurt : Get on Your Feet!.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Beth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Play therapy.

Child development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018.

Summary:

Learn how physical activities and therapeutic play can help reshape the brains and bodies of children traumatized by abuse and neglect. Focusing on interactive games that promote positive attachment, the book explores how rhythm and movement are vital to healthy child development, with examples and fun and easy-to-play games.

Contents:

Intro

Fun Games and Physical Activities to Help Heal Children Who hurt: Get On Your Feet! by Beth Powell, LCSW

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. How Traumatic Stress Creates Maladaptive but Self-Protective Brain States: Or When Bad Things Happen to Small People

Fight-flight-freeze: When the brain registers "threat"

Human and animal stress response systems

Understanding three major divisions of the brain

When the smart part (thinking part) of the brain does override the fight-flight-freeze stress response (survival) part of the brain

When the smart part (thinking part) of the brain doesn't override the fight-flight-freeze stress response system as well as it should: The "fight" continuum

When the smart part (thinking part) of the brain doesn't override the fight-flight-freeze stress response system as well as it should: The "flight" continuum

When the fight-flight arousal continuums fail: The "freeze" continuum

Chapter 2. How Movement, "Real-World" Play, and Non-Virtual Relationships Can Build Brains, Better Minds, and Bolster Bonds: Or What I Learned from Playing Sodom and Gomorrah with Barbie Dolls

When Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed

What is played or witnessed repetitively is training for the brain

Constructive, creative, pretend play helps the smart (highest) part of the brain become a better boss

The non-smart, lower part of the brain must be exercised and/or habilitated so the smart part of the brain can do its job better

When is it a "can't" and when is it a "won't"?

What could be the real sources of the "can'ts" and "won'ts" that we see?

The brain works in an interdependent manner: Systems and functions build, one upon the other

Interpreting the sources of the symptoms: What the diagnostic labels may really mean.

Neuro-behavioral play strengthens the neurosensory systems that support the smart part of the brain

Pretend play themes which help the mind practice courage, resiliency, and the Fruit of the Spirit (as well as some sense of control in a goofy, old world)

Neuro-behavioral play which helps make courage, resiliency, and the Fruit of the Spirit easier to maintain

Chapter 3. Creating the Structure of the Relationship to Help Hurting Children Heal

Nurturing and nourishing the Fruit of the Spirit while courage and resiliency grow

Caregiving relationships and helping a child's character grow

Building the hurting child's character while helping heal the hurt

More on building children's character while helping them resolve past trauma

Chapter 4. Build the Foundation for Mature Character through Safety-Security-Protection-Trust Actvities and Experiences

Caregiver-child rocking chair time to help calm brain and body

Caregiver-initiated knee-bouncing games to help install rhythmic synchronicity and nurture trust in children

Caregiver "large and in charge" attitude in psycho-dramatic play to help children feel safe during sleep time

A caregiver "large and in charge" attitude during crisis or emergency situations

Caregivers helping children structure play with miniature figures to practice the concept of safety and protection by others

Caregivers remaining large and benevolently in charge in spite of children who seemingly fight them for dominance

Chapter 5. Build Awareness of Self and Others through Proprioception Activities and Rhythmic Interactions

Practice makes perfect

The long hard road to self-awareness for a traumatized child

Sleep time difficulties: Proprioception problems

Ideas for helping children with proprioceptive deficits sleep better.

Ideas for non-sleep time proprioception-enhancing rhythmic play and activities

Chapter 6. Build Emotional Regulation and Self-Control so that the Power of the Will Can Strengthen

Teaching the smart part of the brain to regulate or override fear

How better control of the emotions leads to better self-control and better self-control leads to better self-discipline: And all that leads us back to the Fruit of the Spirit...

When emotional regulation, self-control, and strength of will aren't strong enough: The woeful tale of David and the family pickup truck

Dos and don'ts for caregivers: Thou shalt not make a bad situation worse for those who have emotional regulation problems

Building the braking system of the brain and slowing down the reaction

Rhythm may help refine the brain's braking system

Games and activities to help build better braking, better differentiated, more rhythmic brains

Chapter 7. Build Courage, Compassion, and Higher-Level Thinking through Problem-Solving Activities and Acts of Bravery

Courage, common sense, and altruism

Building courageous altruism and common sense thinking through live observance of heroism

Overcoming fear to build courageous altruism and common sense thinking through creative play

Abuse survival as boot camp training for higher-level thinking

Is overreliance on technology hampering higher-level thinking skills, courage, and altruism?

Real-world play, games, and activities to better sharpen the smart part of the brain

Parlor games and activities...or fun ways children can entertain themselves and be entertained when they can't go outside

Escape from danger or keep-from-getting-caught games

Music training and physical activities

Chapter 8. Where Do We Go from Here?

Where we are

Where we can be

References

About the Author

Index

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OCLC:

1022791599