Dibs Development In Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy

A major factor in this book was Axline’s use of play therapy with Dibs. Axline is known for her concept of play therapy and there are eight principles of play therapy. Throughout the book, I could see the different principles were incorporated into the appointments that Dibs attended. The first principle is that the therapist needs to form a warm and friendly relationship with the child. I thought Axline accomplished this principle pretty quickly. It did not take a long time for Dibs to feel comfortable with her and he started talking to her and becoming more verbally and

Maslow’s Hierarchy are the needs that motivate human behavior starting with physiological needs, such as food, water and shelter, followed by safety needs, for instance personal security and health. Next, there are the needs of love and belonging. Fourthly, the needs of esteem, such as receiving respect as well as recognition. Finally, the need for self-actualization, which is the desire to be the most that one can possibly be. Man’s search for meaning is a book written by Viktor Frankl which conveys the author’s experiences as a concentration camp inmate during world war 2 as well as describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved finding a purpose in life to be happy about. Through Maslow’s Hierarchy the author conveys the importance of the needs of love and belonging, physiological needs as well as safety needs which contributed to his survival and sanity in the camp as well as expresses his notion that the meaning of life is found in every moment of living; life never ceases to have meaning, even in suffering and death.

Maslow’s Hierarchy consists of five levels: Physiological needs, safety needs, love and Belonging, Esteem, and Self-actualization. Maslow believed that no level could be skipped and only from the bottom to the top could one be truly happy and content with their life.

This book portrays the effectiveness of play therapy on an emotionally disturbed boy named Dibs. Dibs', 5, had been attending a private school for 2 years. Throughout his years in school, he showed no improvement on his behavior. He continued to alienate himself from the other kids, as well as, his teachers. In the beginning, he never spoke nor moved. He then started to crawl around the room observing every item in his way. Dibs' would come in everyday and stand where his mother had left him until one of the teachers took off his coat. He spent most of his time looking at books, as if he could read them. Although, if anyone approached him, he would back into the wall and cover himself. He would scream, push, and sometimes scratch anyone that

1. Context/ Introduction: For my third observation, on Monday October 17th, I returned back to the Kean University Child Care Center. Just like my second observation I came for my observation for the hour of 10:30-11:30 am. This time in the classroom there was four teacher aides and the teacher Ms. Kierah. When I walked into the classroom I was surprised when one of the teacher aides told me that Ethan has a lot of energy in class that day. She explained that Ethan had a lot of energy that his listening skills were a little off as well. Once she was done explaining this I was anxious to see this for myself. I saw Ethan was playing at the middle table with one other boy Steve. Quietly, I sat at the table to the right of the middle table and began my notes.

David makes a strong choice consequent to his own daughter, Phoebe, who was born with a disability known as down syndrome. The author demonstrates the audience that, “He thought of his sister, pale and thin, trying to catch her breath, and his mother turning to the window to hide her tears. ‘Don’t you see?’ he asked, his voice soft. ‘This poor child will most likely have a serious heart defect. A fatal one. I’m trying to spare us all terrible grief’”(Edwards 18). Edwards character, DAvid shows, that he fears to relive and bear that same grief upon his wife, Norah. David gets taken back to the time where, Edwards expresses “Still, he remembered the depth and endurance of his mother's grief, the way she walked uphill to the grave every morning, her arms folded against whatever weather she encountered”(Edwards 17). Having a child with a disability can cause a considerable distress on one's physical, emotional, and mental well being. Edwards character, David, feels as if he were real, because just like him, when a certain event occurs, many react in a way that is not understandable until later on, or

Maslow's hierarchy can be applied to every society, every village, every person. In Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry, a novel about a dystopian society, the main character Kira will create a better society for her people. Maslow's Hierarchy is the theory that all human beings have five levels of needs, starting with simple survival and all the way up to self actualization. Some characters move up on the pyramid but some stay the same.

This is the story of a little boy named, Dibs. Dibs was a 5 year old boy who was an emotionally crippled child. He belonged to a wealthy and highly educated family [his mother was a surgeon, his father a scientist who could think of him only as a "mental defective" as he exhibited abnormal social behavior such as continuously isolating himself, rarely speaking, and physically lashing out at those around him. When the author first meets Dibs parents, they describe her as their Dib's last hope. The book describes the interactions between Dibs and the psychologist.

The topic of this book is how play therapy can help a child who has been in isolation, and self-discovery. Axline supports this view in various ways throughout the book. She explains her reasoning for not interrupting Dibs and gives many examples of using counseling skills. Axline’s style is formal and the chapters are clearly organized. There is a chapter for each play therapy session. She describes Dibs’ activities captivatingly, making the book engaging to read and showing that she, too, is engaged with Dibs (counsellorjen/wordpress).

Out of frustration and anger, Jim attacks his father because he cannot get a direct and respected answer from his father. Jim needs guidance from his family because he does not want to be a chicken, a man who cannot face the other teens with honor. However, Jim receives no guidance from his family, and this is why Jim acts as a rebel without a cause. The destruction of a stable family expresses the issues that amount for teenagers and the continued pressure they face. Without the proper guidance from his family, Jim cannot be lead in the proper direction or feel that he has a true cause. He represents all teenagers that face distraught in their families lives. Reconciliation of the family only occurs at the end when Jim is near death and his parents realize their mistakes. His mother realizes her son is not perfect and that she cannot condone his existence. He needs guidance from his family to lead him through difficult things like teen pressure. As for his father, Jim receives the understanding that he did everything a man could do to save the life of Plato. Furthermore, Jim’s father assures his son that he can depend on him, that he will stand up with his

With all the recent events in his life he is considering the good and bad aspects of life, also what it is and means to be human. Things from the death of his father, his mother marrying his uncle, and his love for Ophelia causes him to question what value his life caries. Janice Shaw Crouse wrote in her

One thing that really surprised me in Landreth was the fact that you are not suppose to to ask children questions during the play session. I thought that as a therapist you were suppose to ask questions when necessarily to invoke feeling or to clarify, but here it said that asking a question could lead to a feeling of not being understood. One thing in dibs that I did not fully understand was the point in which the play therapist came in to observe him in the classroom. Typically dibs did not do well listening and interacting with people, he would make his own agenda and do his own thing. When it became time to go outside originally dibs said no, but when the play therapist said she would like to go outside, dibs immediately changed his mind. He was willing to try and almost please her, while in the past was described to have a meltdown when someone tried to include him in something he did not want. Lastly, one thing that I liked in the book was the play therapists dedication to actually helping dibs learn to cope, not just coddling him. She refused money to come to his home playroom to be with him and kept her limits when he was having a temper tantrum. She knew it was in his best interest not to emotionally confused him anymore, but to teach him how to cope with the world. I thought this was amazing, because I would not have the self control to not scoop that child in my arms and give them all the

I truly enjoyed reading Dibs it was a powerful tiny, easy to read journal in a book format. This book reads like a novel, but covers material pertinent to clinicians in the field of mental health. Interestingly, the book was written by Virginia M. Axline who by some in the field picked out as one of the early successful users of “Play therapy.” The book allows the reader to observe her interactions with a five year little boy as he enters the world of Play therapy under her watchful eye. The book journals the restorative relationship which evolves over time as the two met on Thursdays and engages in therapy. The therapy entails helping the child learn how to handle the family and world in which he lives in order to have a healthier way of

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