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Captured for consideration--using videotape as an aid to the treatment of the disturbed child
Insights
Videotape enhances clinical work with emotionally disturbed children by enabling detailed observation and training. This tool offers unique insights and can be applied to various therapeutic settings.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Clinical Psychiatry
- Medical Technology
Background:
- Videotape technology offers novel approaches to clinical observation and intervention.
- Monitoring therapeutic interactions is crucial for effective child treatment.
- Emotionally disturbed children present unique challenges in assessment and care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the utility of videotape as a clinical tool for monitoring work with emotionally disturbed children.
- To identify and illustrate specific attributes of videotape in a clinical context.
- To assess the potential application of videotape experience in broader clinical settings.
Main Methods:
- Case study involving three emotionally disturbed children.
- Weekly sessions at a paediatric assessment and treatment centre.
- Intensive use of videotape for monitoring and analysis.
Main Results:
- Videotape serves as a valuable vehicle for discussion among clinicians.
- It allows for detailed observation, revealing details missed by human perception.
- Videotape facilitates information sharing and training in observational and handling techniques.
- A distancing effect was noted, aiding objective assessment.
Conclusions:
- Videotape is a versatile and effective clinical tool in child psychiatry.
- Its attributes enhance diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic intervention strategies.
- Experience with videotape in intensive short-term use can benefit other clinical applications.
Abstract:
The use of videotape as a clinical tool to monitor work with children is discussed with reference to a group of three emotionally disturbed children seen weekly in a paediatric assessment and treatment centre. Six particular attributes of videotape are distinguished and illustrated from clinical material: video is a vehicle for discussion; video permits detailed observation; video see things that humans do not; video has a distancing effect; video shares information and video trains in observation and handling techniques. It is suggested that the experience derived from using videotape intensively over a short period can be applied to advantage in other clinical situations.