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JOURNAL PRESENTATION ON FILIAL THERAPY

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GUIDED BY:Mrs. Devakirubai. M.Sc (N0,Associate Professor,S.H.N.C - Madurai

PRESENTED BY:Mr. Sathish Rajamani,I Year M.Sc (N),S.H.N.C – Madurai.

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FILIAL THERAPY - OVERVIEW

Definition. Why Filial therapy? Approach. The Filial therapy process. Indications. What Filial therapy does? What is special about play in Filial therapy? Child’s Role in Filial therapy. Parent’s Role in Filial therapy. Therapist role

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….Cont……..

Duration of the session. Research findings. Bibliography.

DEFINITION

Filial therapy is a therapeutic intervention to promote parent – child interaction and improves child’s behavior across culture.

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WHY FILIAL THERAPY?

Gap between parent & child expands daily. Many parents are unaware of their children’s

emotional needs and lacks skills necessary to interact effectively with them on emotional basis.

Best communication occurs between parents and children through play.

Communication gap can be closed when play was as a therapeutic agent.

APPROACH

CHILD CENTERED PLAY THERAPY

PLAY THERAPY + CHILD CENTERED THERAPY

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THE FILIAL THERAPY PROCESS

i. SCREENING SESSION

ii. INITIAL TRAINING SESSION

iii. ASSIGNED PLAY SESSION

INDICATIONS

Parent – child Relationship problems

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WHAT FILIAL THERAPY DOES?

For Children

Understand their ownfeelings.Helps in expressingtheir own feelings.Gain confidence.Reduce the problemBehavior.Healthy self – esteem.Increases self –confidence.

For Parentsa) Learn skills for

encouraging & co –operation from their children

b) Develops self – confidence as parents

c) Helps them to trust their child more

d) Deals new ways of coping to frustrations in family life

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WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT PLAY IN PLAY THERAPY?

Parent focuses exclusively on child W/O interruptions for 30 minutes.

Child gets lead to play. Parents puts child’s action, feelings & thoughts

into words W/O questioning, teaching and praising.

Parents learn to set limits on the child’s behavior.

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CHILD’S ROLE

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CHILD DOES

o Play alone

o Play with you

o Not play at all

o Talk

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PARENTS ROLE

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PARENT DOES

o Receives full training.

o Begins weekly 30 minutes play session.

o Receives support from the therapist.

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THERAPIST ROLE

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THERAPIST DOES

o Trains the parents.

o Be a supervisor.

o Parent and therapist

o continue to meet for feedback and training.

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TIME DURATION

1 – Hour. Maximum of 15 Sessions

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RESEARCH

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Author Design Sample & Criteria

Settings Treatment Findings

Chau & Landreth ( 1997)

Pretest – post test control group design

36 Chinese students.18 members in each group.Having child between 2 – 10 yrs

Church 10 weeks art therapyLandreth 10 – week Filial modelMeasurement By;Porter parental acceptance scale.(PPAS)

Parenting stress index.(PSI)

Measurement of empathy in Adult – child Interaction.(MEACI)

Increase in empathic interaction with their children.Increase in attitude of acceptance towards their children.Reduction in stress related to parenting.

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BIBILIOGRAPHY

www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/filialtherapy.html -

www.filialtherapy.co.uk

www.playtherapy.com.au/filialTherapy.html

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