Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Utilizing Play to Help Adopted Children Form Healthy Attachments

Sallot, Coleen Michelle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619193153362829

Abstract Details

2021, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, Art.
Thousands of children are adopted both domestically and internationally every year. Many of these children come from institutional or foster care and suffer from complex trauma, abuse and neglect, which negatively affect their transition and attachment with their adoptive families (Van Der Kolk, 2005). If left untreated, these effects can last into adulthood, impairing a person's ability to form secure relationships throughout their lives (White, 2014). The purpose of this research is to explore the use of virtual play—especially play therapy—to help adopted children in Pennsylvania work through these past traumas so they can form healthy attachments with their adoptive families. As a result, treating complex trauma in these children requires treatment that addresses the whole child: 1) safety, 2) relationships and 3) self-regulation and management (Purvis, 2013). Up until this point, most interventions are behavioral-based and revolve around the caregiver and family, such as attachment parenting and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training (Chobhthaigh, 2019). However, few studies focus on adopted children and their use of play, and no studies have been published that revolve around the use of virtual play to treat adopted children with trauma.
Zack Tucker (Advisor)
Dennis Cheatham (Committee Member)
Doris Bergen (Committee Member)
Anne Roma (Committee Member)
116 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Cognitive Therapy; Counseling Psychology; Design; Developmental Psychology; Early Childhood Education; Educational Psychology; Educational Technology; Elementary Education; Families and Family Life; Individual and Family Studies; Information Technology; Instructional Design; Mental Health; Neurosciences; Pedagogy; Preschool Education; Psychology; Social Psychology; Social Work; Special Education; Technology; Therapy
child; adoption; foster care; domestic adoption; international adoption; trauma; abuse; neglect; ambiguous loss; attachment; attachment theory; therapy; play therapy; play; social play; self-directed play; imaginative play; video games; role-play games; virtual therapy

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Sallot, C. M. (2021). Utilizing Play to Help Adopted Children Form Healthy Attachments [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619193153362829

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sallot, Coleen. Utilizing Play to Help Adopted Children Form Healthy Attachments. 2021. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619193153362829.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sallot, Coleen. "Utilizing Play to Help Adopted Children Form Healthy Attachments." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619193153362829

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

miami1619193153362829
710
© 2021, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.