Play in healthcare : using play to promote child development and wellbeing /
Contributor(s): Tonkin, Alison [editor.].
Publisher: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Description: xvi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415712927; 9780415712927; 0415712920; 9780415712934; 0415712939.Subject(s): Play | Child health services -- Great Britain | Child development -- Great Britain | Play therapy -- Great BritainDDC classification: 362.7Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 362.7 TON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0065124 |
Includes bibliographical references.
The development of play and recreation in healthcare settings / Julia Whitaker, Frances Barbour, and Claire Weldon -- Anatomy and physiology : applied knowledge in practice / Alison Tonkin -- The child, family, and society / Vanessa Lovett -- Child development in practice / Vanessa Lovett, Claire Weldon, and Alison Tonkin -- Play and recreation / Claire Weldon and Helen Peck -- Enhancing resilience in children and young people / Norma Jun-Tai and Frances Barbour -- Promoting health and wellbeing / Alison Tonkin and Jenni Etchells -- Policy and practice / Sandie Dinnen and Sue Ware -- Investigating play and recreation in healthcare / Alison Tonkin and Norma Jun-Tai -- Involving children and young people / Irene O'Donnell and Sharon Honey -- Leading the promotion of play and recreation / Alison Tonkin and Irene O'Donnell -- Using play in diverse healthcare settings / Alison Tonkin with Joan Arton, Sonia Ciampolini, Christina Freeman, Sharon Aylott, Abi Warren, Marcia Gilkes, Rebecca Kirby, and Carol Sullivan-Wallace.
The importance of play in children's health and care services, both as a form of therapy and as a distraction, is often overlooked. This text promotes developmentally appropriate provision within healthcare settings for children and young people and provides an introduction to the underpinning knowledge and skills.