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PTUK & PTI Ethical Framework

Introduction

The Ethical Framework for Play, Creative Arts and Filial Therapies, is based upon Play Therapy UK’s version published on October 1st 2002. It is also applicable to play therapy and filial play research, the use of therapeutic play skills and the management of the delivery of these services within organisations. It is intended to inform the practice of each member of PTUK.

The framework has also been developed in conjunction with Play Therapy International (PTI) to encourage unified standards of practice in all countries.

In this statement the term ‘practitioner’ is used generically to refer to anyone with responsibility for the provision of therapeutic play, play therapy, creative arts therapies and filial play for children and adolescents – persons under the age of 16. ‘Practitioner’ includes anyone undertaking the role(s) of therapist, filial play coach/mentor, counsellor, psychotherapist, trainer, educator, supervisor, researcher, provider of counselling skills or manager of any of these services. The term ‘client’ is used as a generic term to refer to the recipient of any of these services. The client may be an individual child, parent/carer, couple, family, group, organisation or other specifiable social unit. Alternative names may be substituted for ‘practitioner’ and ‘client’ in the practice setting, according to custom and context.

The framework reflects this ethical diversity by considering:

Downloadable version of Ethical Frameworks

The complete PTUK and PTI Ethical Frameworks may be downloaded as an Adobe Acrobat PDF files.

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