The Effect of Kinder Therapy on Improvement of Teachers’ Interaction of Toddlers’ Problem Behavior

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop kinder teacher treatment play therapy for kindergarten children.
SPSS version 22.0 for Windows was used for data analysis to develop kinder teacher treatment play therapy
for kindergarten children. Among nonparametric statistical methods, the Mann-Whitney U Test and the
Wilcoxon Singed-Rank Test were conducted. The results of this study are summarized as follows. Kinder
therapy had a positive effect on the improvement of teachers’ interaction. The difference between the pretest
and the posttest showed that their positive and permissive interactions improved and that their punitive and
detached interactions decreased. This study shows that it is difficult to generalize the result by participation
by a small number of people, but it is proved that kinder therapy is effective in improving teacher interaction
ability and reducing kinder’s problem behavior in a childcare center.