Recovering Lost Play Time: A Concept Underlying the Guiding Principles for Play-Based Interventions with Refugee Children


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The Avalanche Metaphor The migration process can be very complex and highly devastating for children and their support systems. TTo explain the impact of this phenomenon to our students and colleagues, we developed the Avalanche Metaphor (Cassina, 2023).


Imagine the effect of an avalanche that comes off the top of a  it an increasing amount of debris. Similarly, the migration process (as well as other high-risk situations) involves a reduction of protective factors and an exponential accumulation of risk factors and        


20 | PLAYTHERAPY December 2024 | www.a4pt.org


       abuse,


exploitation, lack of reference points, unpredictability,


separation from family members, poor hygienic conditions, health issues, and diseases. Over time, high and constant levels of stress  individual’s coping skills and severely limiting their opportunities for growth and well-being.


A small plain in the middle of the mountain cannot stop a powerful  


| ISABELLA CASSINA, MA, TPS, CAGS & CLAUDIO MOCHI, MA, RP, RPT-S™


 


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