Play in Hospitals

Nicky Everett is Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK, Cath Hubbuck is a registered Health Play Specialist, currently based in London, UK, Fraser Brown is Emeritus Professor of Playwork at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

0.Introduction. Part I: Theoretical underpinning. 1.The Development of the Role of Hospital Playworker. 2.Still a Deprived Environment for Children? Revisiting the Case for Hospital Play. 3.It Pays to Play! How I discovered cost effective play and the start of the MRI Awake List Project. 4.Support for Siblings during the Medical Journey. 5.The Elephant in the Room- Mental Health Illness in children and young people; can health play specialists make a difference? 6.The Hospital Playroom: A key part of children and young people’s care and recovery. Part II: Personal Reflections on the Role of the Hospital Play Specialist. 7.My Journey. 8.The ‘Magic of Play’- Exploring the importance of play and distraction during medical procedures. 9.A Day in the Life of a HPS. 10.Teenagers in hospital- are they the forgotten age? 11.Specialised Play in the Hospital Setting. 12.The Angry Health Play Specialist. Part III: Specific Case Studies. 13.Support for children and young people undergoing radiotherapy treatment. 14.Working with children and young people with autism in the Health Care Setting. 15.Virtual Reality: The new distraction therapy? 16.The role of the health play specialist in the care of children and young people with cancer. 17.Teenagers in Hospital. 18.Ship-shape and Bristol Standard fashion: The ‘why’, the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of implementing the Bristol Standard within the practice of a hospital play team. 19.Managing a Play Team through the Covid Crisis. Part IV: Reflections from around the world. 20.Oh! The Places You’ll Go! – A play specialist’s journey. 21.Play in two different ways- A Reflection on Play Practice in the United Arab Emirates. 22."G’Day!" A history of hospital play in an Australian Children’s Hospital. 23.Integrating Play in North American Hospitals- Historical and Current Approaches. 24.The Hospital Play Specialist Education Course in Japan: what we have achieved and what we need to overcome. 25.Let’s start with play- why play in the emergency department can be our best tool for interventions. Part V: Playing in other ways and other settings. 26.Play in a children’s hospice- what’s the point? 27.The therapeutic power of playing with chronically abused children. 28.Play and the paradigm shift. 29.Playing Beyond the Boundaries- How the role of the health play specialist can benefit adults in healthcare. 30.Play with purpose: the therapeutic value of play for siblings of pediatrtic patients. 31.Taking hospital play into the home. 32.Concluding Thoughts. x.Appendix- Useful Links