You are treating a 4-year-old boy with poor strength and endurance. You play a game of building a castle tower using large boxes filled with beanbags. You allow the child to take breaks but decrease the time for the breaks each week. How are you using play in this treatment session?

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The therapist is using play as a tool to increase the child's strength and endurance by engaging him in a fun, active game that involves building and using large boxes filled with beanbags. Taking breaks and gradually decreasing the break time helps to gradually increase the child's endurance over time.

You Are Treating a 4-Year-Old Boy with Poor Strength and Endurance