Task 3- Critical Analysis

This year was a preparation for next year’s thesis project. In the first semester, we had a specific unit that focused on the literature review so we had to come up with the title for our dissertation. Although some classmates changed the title but I kept the same concept.

I based this task on the proposal title, so that the information I gain for this essay could help me build up the knowledge of the subject chosen for my dissertation.

The hypothesis was “Counselling playroom activity space that helps children improve their behaviour and feel better.” The hypothesis title idea came when I was talking to Mr Omar Caruana and while telling him about my dissertation, he mentioned that for my design I could focus on a specific room, which is a playroom. He suggested that the playroom could help these children express their feelings and communicate with other children. This got me to think. So, I decided to do this essay based on playrooms.

While researching I found a lot of information, one thing I found was about play therapy. Play therapy, are activities held in the playroom and through therapists.  Children would be observed on how they are playing and encourage them to play with specific toys to help them improve their behaviour.  It is an interesting topic and I enjoyed researching and writing about it. According to the information I found and wrote about in the essay, the hypothesis was valid. According to statistics the counselling playroom space used for  play therapy, had a positive result due in improving children’s behaviour while attending counselling playrooms. Therapists comments show that playrooms are not ideal to be based at home because normally parents are busy and children end up playing alone and this is not healthy for the children. 

Although my research analyses shows that this type of playroom needs to be available to everyone.  Because of technology and parent’s busy lives,  many children are experiencing behavioural issues. My point is that this project needs to be introduced into Malta for local children that have behavioural problems.

However, the behaviour issues that orphans have are much more intense. These children have gone through tough times in their past. I think the counselling playroom space could help them express what they’re feeling and assist them to socialise with other children.