Assignment: Practice Toolbox: Child Intervention
Assignment: Practice Toolbox: Child Intervention
When selecting and implementing interventions with children, it is essential to be aware of their developmental stage. Their language and cognitive capability may be limited, so alternatives to traditional talk therapy are sometimes needed. Play therapy, which can integrate art, dolls, sensory props, and other toys, is regularly used with young children to help them tell their stories and gain control of what happened to them. Social workers may also use mindfulness-based techniques to help children regulate in times of stress.
In this Assignment, you look more closely at interventions that could be effective in social work practice with children.
To Prepare
Access the Clinical Social Work Interventions link in the Learning Resources.
On that site, explore three different interventions for use with children. Select one that you can see yourself using in practice with child clients.
Consider why you have chosen this intervention and its strengths and limitations.
By Day 7
Submit a 1-page paper analyzing the child intervention you have chosen:
Why did you select the intervention?
Why might it be especially helpful for use with children?
What challenges or limitations might there be for this intervention?
Use the Learning Resources to support your Assignment. Make sure to provide APA citations and a reference list.
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