Positive Aspects Of Puppet Play Therapy

In order to complete the puppet play therapy with our young client there are a few materials that the social worker will need to have. Most importantly, if there is any training that are required to be taken it is the social worker’s responsibility to complete mandatory training before administering play therapy to children and/or adolescence. For the experienced social worker, there are a few tools that one may need for their client and themselves. Since we are creating puppets it is important to figure out what type of puppet, who will create, rather it is from socks, paper bags, or pre-made puppets. The child should be able to choose the color of the puppet, if possible. The size of the puppet should also be adjusted depending on the child’s …show more content…
An important step before assuming that the intervention will be applicable to the client, a clinician should confirm that the use of puppetry is acceptable. Parents or caregivers should be introduced to the intervention first. They will be provided information early on and this introduction will be able to ameliorate or prevent the child from becoming traumatized or disturbed. Even though the intervention will be used during more middle stages of working with the client’ it is still beneficial to find out early on if this intervention is an acceptable possibly. The preference of completing this intervention during the middle stages is due the clinician being able to build their rapport with their client but also provides the ability to know the child. Information such as the child’s history, their age to prepare necessary puppetry materials, triggers, knowledge of recent traumas, and how the child responds to therapy needs to be gathered. After those steps have been accomplished the puppet play therapy should be mentioned to the child the week before so that they can be prepared for intervention the following week. A dialogue such as: “Mary-Beth, do you like puppets?” “Would you like to make a puppet so we can play with them and talk to them?” After the child has been introduced to their new task, the clinician should begin to prepare for the next …show more content…
In a perfect intervention setting, there should not be any time elapsed in which the clinician has to find his or her materials. This shows that they are not prepared and their professionalism can be questioned. It would be easiest if the clinician has a kid-friendly storage bin in which the materials can be hidden from the child, but in easy reach for both clinician and child when the intervention begins. Bringing the puppet supplies out from the storage one-by-one will address the stimulation that the child receives in order to stay focused during the building