✦ LIBER ✦
Play Therapy in Elementary Schools: A Best Practice for Improving Academic Achievement
✍ Scribed by Pedro J. Blanco; Dee C. Ray
- Book ID
- 102870361
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 830 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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✦ Synopsis
This pilot study of 1st graders who are academically at risk examined the effectiveness of child‐centered play therapy (CCPT). The experimental group received biweekly, 30‐minute play therapy sessions for 8 weeks. Findings indicated that these 1st graders participating in CCPT (n = 21) demonstrated a statistically significant increase on the Early Achievement Composite of the Young Children's Achievement Test (Hresko, Peak, Herron, & Bridges, 2000) when compared with children in the control group (n = 20). Results support using CCPT as an intervention for academic achievement.