Inclusion, Play and Empathy

Colwyn Trevarthen is Emeritus Professor of Child Psychology and Psychobiology at the University of Edinburgh.

• Foreword by Phyllis Booth. Introduction and content of the book. Susan Hart. 1. In Tune with Feeling: Musical Play with Emotions of Creativity, Inspiring Neuroaffective Development and Self-Confidence for Learning in Company. Colwyn Trevarthen and Jaak Panksepp. 2. Empathy and Compassion are also Competences that have to be Learned. Susan Hart. 3. Is it OK to Play and Have Fun at School?. Susan Hart. 4. Maturing Meetings in Children Groups - Now-Moments and Flow. Marianne Bentzen and Christine Lakoseljac-Andreasen. 5. Group Theraplay in Classrooms: How Playful Engagement Fosters Social and Emotional Growth. Phyllis Rubin and Marlo Winstead. 6. Inclusion, Children Groups, Music Therapy - Music and Communicative Musicality. Ulla Holck and Stine Lindahl Jacobsen. 7. The Emerging of Empathy. Dorothea Rahm. 8. My Pain Turned to Gold. Eldbjørg Wedaa. 9. Playing with Possibilities: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with Younger Clients in Individual, Family and Group Psychotherapy. Bonnie Goldstein and Pat Ogden. 10. Getting Together, Playing Together, Healing Together: How To Craft a Somatic Based Group Activity. Alexandre Duarte. 11. NASSA - NeuroAffective Psychological Structured Social Activity. Susan Hart, Knud Hellborn and Gitte Jørgensen. 12. Friendship, Empathy and Mindfulness in Children's Groups. Developing Children's Natural Capacities. Helle Jensen. 13. Multi-family Therapy with Groups of Children and Their Parents/Carers. Serena Potter. Epilogue by Susan Hart.

This is a compact information-laden volume that conveys a comprehensive understanding of play activity in the lives of children. Theory and practice are interwoven reflecting the diverse meanings of play for the individual child and his parents, as well as for groups of children playing together. The author has written about her own perspective on play as well as including the wisdom of her colleagues from allied disciplines. Susan Hart's vivid, inclusive and comprehensive view of play is a treasure!