Sunday, March 7, 2010

Top dog vs Under Dog

Gestalt Techniques

This technique involves the helping a child to resolve problems of "I want" versus "I should". This is very difficult for children to work out debates between what they want and what they should do. The topdog is "I should" the underdog is "I want". Ask the children questions about the conflict and have them physically move for one spot to anther to answer as both the topdog and the underdog. The debate continues back and forth until the child completes all arguments from both points of view. The child will then understand which side he should take to solve the problem.

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