Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 502
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first book of its kind to provide exhaustive, in-depth coverage of play therapy research

Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice offers mental health professionals, school district administrators, community agency administrators, judges, lawyers, child protection caseworkers, and medical professionals a comprehensive discussion of play therapy research studies. Guidance is provided on evidence-based methods, as well as on how?future play therapy research should be conducted.

Edited by renowned experts in the field of play therapy, this rich compilation features contributions by child-centered play therapy researchers, with relevant discussion of:

• The history of play therapy research

• A synopsis of current empirical support

• Play therapy research on chronically ill children, child witnesses of domestic violence, and victims of natural disasters, among many other topics

With coverage of important practice guidelines, Child-Centered Play Therapy Research identifies the most prominent and current play therapy research studies, as well as research directions for clinicians to design evidence-based research studies of their own.Content:
Chapter 1 What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty?First Century Update (pages 1–33): Dee C. Ray and Sue C. Bratton
Chapter 2 Increased Self?Efficacy: One Reason for Play Therapy Success (pages 35–50): Marijane Fall
Chapter 3 The Efficacy of Intensive Individual Child?Centered Play Therapy for Chronically Ill Children (pages 51–67): Elizabeth Murphy Jones and Kara Carnes?Holt
Chapter 4 Intensive Sibling Group Play Therapy with Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence (pages 69–83): Ashley Tyndall?Lind
Chapter 5 Effects of Postearthquake Group Play Therapy with Chinese Children (pages 85–103): Yih?Jiun Shen
Chapter 6 Play Therapy Effect on Relationship Stress (pages 105–123): Dee C. Ray and Natalya A. Edwards
Chapter 7 Impact of School?Based Child?Centered Play Therapy on Academic Achievement, Self?Concept, and Teacher?Child Relationships (pages 125–144): Pedro J. Blanco
Chapter 8 Play Therapy with Children Exhibiting ADHD (pages 145–162): Dee C. Ray
Chapter 9 A School?Based Group Activity Therapy Intervention with Learning?Disabled Preadolescents Exhibiting Behavior Problems (pages 163–176): Jill Packman and Ireon Lebeauf
Chapter 10 School?Based Child?Centered Play Therapy with Hispanic Children (pages 177–191): Yvonne Garza
Chapter 11 Effectiveness of Child?Centered Play Therapy for Children Referred for Aggression (pages 193–208): Brandy Schumann
Chapter 12 Effectiveness of Child?Centered Play Therapy and Person?Centered Teacher Consultation on ADHD: A Single?Case Study Design (pages 209–230): April Schottelkorb
Chapter 13 Child?Centered Play Therapy and Child Development: A Single?Case Analysis (pages 231–248): April Garofano?Brown
Chapter 14 Children's Perceptions of Play Therapy (pages 249–263): Eric J. Green
Chapter 15 Child Parent Relationship Therapy: A Review of Controlled?Outcome Research (pages 265–293): Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth and Yung?Wei Dennis Lin
Chapter 16 Filial Therapy with Parents of Chronically Ill Children (pages 295–309): Kristi Tew
Chapter 17 Filial Therapy with Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation (pages 311–321): Geri Glover
Chapter 18 Filial Therapy with Chinese Parents (pages 323–337): Tom Yuen
Chapter 19 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with African American Parents (pages 339–353): Angela I. Sheely?Moore
Chapter 20 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Hispanic Parents (pages 355–372): Peggy Ceballos
Chapter 21 High School Students as Therapeutic Agents with Young Children (pages 373–387): Leslie Jones
Chapter 22 Filial Therapy with Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Children (pages 389–407): D. Michael Smith
Chapter 23 Child?Centered Kinder Training for Teachers of Preschool Children Deemed at Risk (pages 409–426): Phyllis Post
Chapter 24 An Early Mental Health Intervention for Disadvantaged Preschool Children (pages 427–446): Mary O. Morrison and Wendy P. Helker
Chapter 25 A Qualitative Study of Parents' Perceptions of Filial Therapy in a Public School (pages 447–464): Yuehong Chen Foley
Chapter 26 Evidence?Based Standards and Tips for Play Therapy Researchers (pages 465–479): Jennifer N. Baggerly