TY - JOUR
T1 - Children’s Health Care
T2 - Brief Report: Nature Experiences for Hospitalized Children
AU - Jessee, Peggy
AU - Strickland, Martha P.
AU - Leeper, James D.
AU - Hudson, Carmen J.
PY - 1986/6
Y1 - 1986/6
N2 - Numerous projects conducted in various settings have supported the thesis that nature activities aid in the development of self-concept, self-confidence, and level of achievement The nature activities described in this article were designed to cultivate the hospitalized children a sense of wonder about their world and to involve them in sensory experiences that would aid them in adjusting to their hospital experiences As a unit, these experiments provide a comprehensive approach to therapy for the hospitalized child and add a positive dimension to the child life program.
AB - Numerous projects conducted in various settings have supported the thesis that nature activities aid in the development of self-concept, self-confidence, and level of achievement The nature activities described in this article were designed to cultivate the hospitalized children a sense of wonder about their world and to involve them in sensory experiences that would aid them in adjusting to their hospital experiences As a unit, these experiments provide a comprehensive approach to therapy for the hospitalized child and add a positive dimension to the child life program.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022731704&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1207/s15326888chc1501_9
DO - 10.1207/s15326888chc1501_9
M3 - Article
C2 - 10277435
AN - SCOPUS:0022731704
SN - 0273-9615
VL - 15
SP - 55
EP - 57
JO - Children's Health Care
JF - Children's Health Care
IS - 1
ER -