Caption
Blocks are not just for building. Mrs. H. Friend, Resident Psychologist, times a six-year old in a test of visuo-motor coordination. The ability to recreate designs and see spatial relationships is an important clue in assessing the child's performance abilities.
Release Date
March 15, 1960
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lund, ChrisCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
. . . play's the thing" as Shakespeare observed and the Winnipeg Children's Hospital has taken the advice of the sage to heart. In 1948 a play therapy department was set up dedicated to the belief that children can be happy in hospital and that a happy child recovers faster. In the past decade the concept and scope of "play therapy" has enlarged to include working not only with convalescent patients but also emotionally disturbed children. Above Mrs. Shirley Olivier joins a thoughtful, young patient in a game of checkers.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90617
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177213
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Increasingly, medical science is coming to appreciate that the menial and emotional needs of young patients require every bit as much attention as the physical during their stay in hospital. Winnipeg's Play Therapy department does more than just speed up convalescence. The large, well-equipped playroom provides a revealing and relaxed background for studying and working with disturbed and maladjusted children.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90620
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177215
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Last year, 8,428 boys and girls received treatment in the Play Therapy department of the Winnipeg Hospital. Well over sixty thousand children have received help from the department's congenial and well-trained staff since its opening.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90626
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177216
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Painting is more than an enjoyable pastime. It provides an outlet for self expression and (to the trained eye) a window onto personality problems. Mrs. Thelma Reid, Supervisor of the Play Therapy Department, watches Corrine and Linda paint their pictures.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90619
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177214
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The philosophy of play therapy has spread throughout the hospital. Student nurses must spend 3 weeks in the department; children's bed charts, in addition to temperature graphs, now contain notation as to the child's play level, attention span and toy needs.
Date
September 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB90616
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177212
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #253: Play is a Many-Sided Thing
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
March 15, 1960
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Blocks are not just for building. Mrs. H. Friend, Resident Psychologist, times a six-year old in a test of visuo-motor coordination. The ability to recreate designs and see spatial relationships is an important clue in assessing the child's performance abilities.
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