SANDPLAY THERAPY AS A METHOD OF CORRECTION OF PRESCHOOLERS’S EMOTIONAL DISORDERS

• Main Authors: Lyubov Dmitrievna Starostina, Mariya Anatolevna Filippova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2018-10-01
• Series: Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem
• Subjects: песочная терапия (Sandplay); психоэмоциональное состояние; эмоциональные нарушения; старший дошкольный возраст; эмоциолнальная возбудимость; тревожность; эмоциональное благополучие
• Online Access: http://journal-s.org/index.php/sisp/article/view/11899

The article presents the correctional work of a child psychologist on the emotional problems of preschool children. Sandplay is used as a method of correction. The purpose is to identify parameters of the emotional sphere of the preschooler, which can be corrected by systematic psychological and pedagogical sessions using a Sandplay Therapy. Methodology and methods of research. The research is based on the conceptions of analytical psychology, of a Game Theory and Theory of Emotions, of the cultural and historical theory of mental development. In research are applied the methods of theoretical analysis, conversation, observation, expert assessments, quantitative-qualitative analysis of the empirical results. Results. On the basis of the data of psychological examination was created the correction program of the psycho-emotional sphere of the child with application of the sandplay therapy. The effectiveness of the correction was reflected in the normalization of the level of emotional excitability, neutralization of neurotic symptoms, but the level of emotional well-being in the peers group remains unchanged. The conditions ensuring the success of the method in the activity of the child psychologist of preschool education are considered. The scope of the results. The program can be recommended to psychologists of preschool education. The diagnostic block of the program will be useful in psychoprophylactic, medical rehabilitation work on the study of the dynamics of changes as a result of the use of any psychotherapeutic method for the correction of emotional and behavioral disorders in childhood.