Characteristics of Therapeutic Developmental Play by: Mona Delahooke, PhD

Written By Heidi Klein

  • Requires social interaction with an attentive, engaged adult care-sharer (is not solitary)

  • The child and adult are enjoying the play and feel safe, within a range of allostasis (good stress)

  • The child, not the adult, generally sets the agenda

  • The play is characterized by reciprocity and mutual engagement

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