Theraplay Norge

NURTURE & PLAY

Pilke-Clinic (www.pilkeklinikka.fi)

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Artikkel av Saara Salo

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Nurture and Play -

mentalizing based parent-child interaction intervention

Nurture and Play - parent-child intervention is a short-term intervention based on Theraplay-therapy

(www.theraplay.fi) and mentalizing theory. Through active, playful interaction sessions utilizing

embodied mentalizing, e.g., reciprocal activities focusing on synchronicity and mirroring, and

explicit mentalizing through reflective videofeedback with the parents the aims are :

To help parents to set limits and provide an appropriately ordered environment and encourage

the child's agency through developmentally attuned play

To engage the child in interaction while being attuned to the child's state and capability of repairing
To meet the child's needs for attention, soothing and care
To facilitate the child's ability to respond to the caregivers' efforts
To increase parental understanding of the child's needs and feelings

Nurture and Play can be delivered to one parent-child dyad, family setting (Nurture and Play- Family) or in a group,

starting already in pregnancy (Nurture and Play- Group). It is designed as an easily delivered preventive intervention

applicable to be used in various settings (home visits, clinical settings). It can be combined with other ways of working

with parents and children, or as a mini-intervention in itself. In Nurture and Play there are ca. 6 meetings (NP-F), or 4

(pregnancy)+ 8 (parent-infant) meetings (NP-Group). The age group is between 0-7.

The learning objectives are:

Theoretical basis of intervention (attachment framework, emotional availability theory, mentalizing theory)
Empirical basis of Nurture and Play -intervention (results from RCT study with depressed pregnant mothers; Salo et al., 2016; Salo & Poutiainen, 2015)
Knowledge of how to conduct pre-Assessment phase: Nurture and Play -interview
Knowledge of how to conduct Nurture and Play in practice: play sessions and reflective videofeedback

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