Counseling Playing Method with Boy-boyan Game for the Development of Self-Regulation in Children Aged 6-8 year

摘要

The study was conducted to explain the counseling playing method through Boy-boyan game for self-regulation development in children aged 6-8 years. The counseling playing method is a derivation in guidance and counseling studies. The counseling playing method is based on theoretical construct of child centered play therapy from client centered therapy developed by Carl Rogers (1951). The method counseling playing, performs counseling functions by playing. The game that the author took was a Boyboyan game, one type of traditional Sundanese game which is often called kaulinan barudak urang lembur. The self-regulation theory that the author takes is self-regulation theory developed by Greenspan. According to this theory, self-regulation and interest in the environment are important stages in the child's emotional development. The finding of this qualitative study reveals that Boyboyan game can serve as a method counseling playing for children self-regulation development. The existence of the rules of play in Boyboyan game can encourage children self-regulation.