Kick off questions for small world play

The class's collective questions first:

1.What is SWP?
2.What client goups [ children?] could SWP be appropriate for?
3. How to get a withdrawn child to engage with SWP?
4. Is it only relevant to children?
5. Who, where and when can SWP be applied?
6. When do we apply these skills as opposed to other therapies?
7. How do we 'sell' the rationale of this therapy to parents/primary care givers who expect visable results from traditional medical based models of therapy?
8. Can SWP be useful with special children - particularly those who have under developed cognitive skills?
9. How /when do I determine whether to use SWP on a 1:1 basis or with a group? [ what is the goal?]
10. What do I bring into the SWP? The intersection of two worlds.
11. To enter into a child's world you need to understand their world langauge and symbolism. Get into their collective unconscious world. If it is figurative representation - is what happens in the sand tray world real?
12. How long might the therapeutic process take?
13. Do we judge children on their behaviour?


and a few more of my own.....

1.To what extent is play actually containing feelings and for how long after the play is over?
2.How do we facilitate movement between the container and the 'real world'?
3.Is it usually enough for the experience to take place solely in the container?
4.What do we do when there seems to be no movement and we can't see an obvious reason for this.