A Developmental Approach to Applying Play Therapy Across the Lifespan

A _____ is any act of recognition. It can be verbal or nonverbal; positive or negative; for doing or for being. 

According to Loevinger, each stage in a developmental model is ____ complex. 

According to Levin, 0-6 months is called the Cycle of ____ . 

According to Levin, the stage that is often referred to as the “terrible twos” is called the Cycle of ______. 

Landreth described play, in part, as “voluntary, ______ motivated, child-directed activity … ” 

During play therapy, it is important to pay attention to the end product because it is more important than the process of play itself. 

Humans are the only mammals that benefit developmentally from play. 

Rough and tumble play should be discouraged because it promotes violence. 

Play benefits adults as well as children. 

Couples go through _____ developmental stages. 

Play therapy interventions can be used to _____ a couple’s stage of development as well as help them move through the stages. 

Like individuals, couples and families can be thought of as living systems. 

Healthy relationships never move past the bonding and symbiosis stage of couplehood. 

Couples in the mutual interdependence stage usually come to therapy for difficulties related to _____.

During the marriage to birth of first child stage, couples often negotiate needs for autonomy and ______. 

Once parents understand a young child’s needs, they can rest assured that they will not have to adjust as the child grows through the teen years. 

Developmentally oriented play therapists adapt their tools to the specific developmental stages of their clients. 

Negative strokes for doing are NEVER appropriate in play therapy.