Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Australia | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkHunt, Kathryn Frances – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2010
This paper is an account of, and reflection on, the author's six-month ethnographic study of a residential care home for severely traumatised and abused children in Australia. During the stay she designed and offered a short six-day course for the care staff and foster carers in the use of play for emotional and therapeutic support. Prior to this,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Play Therapy, Psychotherapy
Download full textWyse, Linda; Casarotto, Nadia – 2002
Australia's Aged Care Act of 1997 mandates a number of key reforms aimed at ensuring consistency in the quality of care and well-being for all residents of aged care facilities. The law required residential aged care facilities to provide high-quality care within a framework of continuous improvement which requires aged care workers to perform the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education
