This research is on general review regarding play therapy application as a counseling intervention in helping improving of psychology development in children. Discussions in this work are focused on Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy (CBPT) which is emphasizes on childrens' development.CBPT is a structural and directive efforts that focuses on children's experience. CBPT developments are results of adaptation and evolution of Cognitive Theory which initially has been developed for adults, and adapted accordingly to children's needs. A lot of challenging issues has been giving negative impact to children's psychological and mental health. Thus, this group deserves a suitable treatment that matches their development. CBPT has been identified as a suitable intervention in treating psychological issues involving children.
Most gifted students love to study, work hard to complete cognitive tasks, and wanted to have more difficult subjects for enhancing their intellectual capability. However, they are unable to do so in their regular classes even in their special gifted group. Some of the challenges faced by gifted and talented students are teachers’ stigma, negative peer attitudes, difficulty understanding others, problems related to perfectionism, as well as impatience and intolerance. Thus, there is a dire need to cater the social and emotional issues of these students. Counselors may be unaware and unable to respond to these concerns because they are not well-trained to counsel this unique population. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the characteristics of gifted and talented students, challenges that they face and the need for counseling approaches to address all these issues to unleash the learning and development of gifted students.
Gifted and talented students have high intellectual, creativity and problem-solving skills. However, these groups tend to have issues related to social and emotional issues. Decision making skills and resilience are necessary elements in helping these groups deal with the social and emotional issues faced effectively. This study aims to produce a structured module based on Cognitive Behavior Play Therapy by making the Sidek's Module Development Model as a guide in its development process. The contents of the module are based on critical and analytical literature review. The draft module consists of six sub modules: Movement Therapy, Art Therapy, Clay Therapy, Sand Therapy, Music Therapy and Puppet Therapy. The sub module is broken down into 14 activities and six units. It is proposed that further studies to be conducted to see the validity and reliability of this module.
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