Beauregard, Caroline 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0917-9102
(2026).
‘We Are Only Playing’: Reflections on the Pandemic's Effects on Immigrant Preschoolers' Mentalisation and Play During the Sand Play Workshops.
Children & Society
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pp. 1-12.
doi:10.1111/chso.70023
Repéré dans Depositum à
https://depositum.uqat.ca/id/eprint/1813
Résumé
Mentalisation and symbolisation are important processes to support children in understanding their lived experience. By expressing what is most salient to them through pretend play, children can normally develop their capacity to mentalise and symbolise, which helps them cope with adversity. Yet, the stress associated with the pandemic of COVID-19 and the resulting restrictive measures impacted many aspects of children's life, including play. Following intervention research centred on classroom-based sandplay workshops that took place in Canada during the pandemic, this article explores how the play process of two 5-year-old immigrant boys, in a (post-)pandemic context, might have been related to their mentalising and symbolising capacities. Analysis of the workshop facilitators' field notes and photographs of the sandtrays suggests that participation in the Sand Play workshops in a post-crisis context can provide the opportunity to explore in a safe space, to transform play behaviours in order to break away from perceived rules and to be seen by their peers and workshop facilitators, which would support their mentalising process.
| Type de document: | Article |
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| Informations complémentaires: | La version officielle de cet article a été publiée dans la revue Children & Society en 2026. Le texte intégral de l’article est disponible en libre accès sur le site de la revue : https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.70023. |
| Mots-clés libres: | immigrant children; mentalisation; pandemic; play; sandplay; symbolisation |
| Divisions: | Art-Thérapie |
| Date de dépôt: | 14 mai 2026 18:53 |
| Dernière modification: | 14 mai 2026 18:53 |
| URI: | https://depositum.uqat.ca/id/eprint/1813 |
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