Educational psychologists work with dyslexia and reading and writing problems. Play therapists use unstructured, naturalistic approaches with preschoolers, typically ages 2 to 6. Both differ from but share some methods with speech therapy.
Let's talk about educational psychologists. Educational psychologist deals more with dyslexia, deals more with academic stuff, deals a lot more with reading and writing in general. It differs from country to country from where I'm from. That's what educational psychologists do. Other stuff like play therapy, music therapy, other therapies. There are. I'm not downplaying them. They have their part in the world. I do not know enough to tell you, but this play therapy usually is from 2 to 6 years old. Preschool children benefit the most from play therapy. I believe play therapy is basically pretty similar to what we do as speech therapists because I've seen them in real life doing it and it's basically going the very naturalistic route. Meaning, oh, can I see what they're doing? Is there a function to a child's play? Can I follow the lead and provide more over there? Obviously, I'm simplifying a lot of what they do. Their play therapy theory is a lot better than what I can understand they're observing. It's very unstructured.
