Magic land: The design and evaluation of an interactive tabletop supporting therapeutic play with children

Olga Pykhtina; Madeline Balaam; Gavin Wood; Sue Pattison; Ahmed Kharrufa; Patrick Olivier

doi:10.1145/2317956.2317978

Magic land: The design and evaluation of an interactive tabletop supporting therapeutic play with children

Olga Pykhtina
, Madeline Balaam
, Gavin Wood
, Sue Pattison
, Ahmed Kharrufa
, Patrick Olivier

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Abstract

We consider the role and design of digital technologies in play therapy settings with young children. Through an aggregation of the researcher and practitioner literature, and results of discussions with therapists and counselors, we propose a set of design requirements for digital technologies that support non-directive play within a play therapy context. We explore how to design for these complex requirements through the development and evaluation of Magic Land, a set of four play therapy applications for an interactive tabletop. Based on our experiences we recommend that designers create digital interactive toys, which create opportunities for play that would not normally be possible within the traditional play therapy environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS '12
Pages	136-145
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2317956.2317978
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	Designing Interactive Systems 2012 - Newcastle, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Jun 2012 → 15 Jun 2012 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2317956 (Proceedings)

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Conference	Designing Interactive Systems 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Newcastle
Period	11/06/12 → 15/06/12
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2317956 (Proceedings)

Keywords

development research
expressive play medium
multi touch tabletop
play therapy
primary school children

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