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…mehr
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.
Jennifer N. Baggerly, PhD, LMHC-S, RPT-S, is an Associate Professor in the Counselor Education Program at the University of South Florida. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She serves on the Association for Play Therapy (APT) Board of Directors and is former research chair of APT. Dee C. Ray, PhD, LPC, RPT-S, is Associate Professor of Counseling and Higher Education and Director of the Child and Family Resource Clinic at the University of North Texas in Denton. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, National Certified Counselor, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. Sue C. Bratton, PhD, LPC, RPT-S, is the Director of the Center for Play Therapy, Associate Professor of Counselor Education, and the former clinical director of the Counseling Department at the University of North Texas in Denton. She is a past president of the Association for Play Therapy and has served on the APT Board of Directors for six years.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword xi Garry L. Landreth
Preface xiii
About the Editors xix
Contributors xxi
SECTION I OVERVIEW OF PLAY THERAPY RESEARCH
1 What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty-FirstCentury Update 3 Dee C. Ray and Sue C. Bratton
SECTION II RESEARCH IN PLAY THERAPY
2 Increased Self-Efficacy: One Reason for Play Therapy Success37 Marijane Fall
3 The Efficacy of Intensive Individual Child-Centered PlayTherapy for Chronically Ill Children 51 Elizabeth Murphy Jones and Kara Carnes-Holt
4 Intensive Sibling Group Play Therapy with Child Witnesses ofDomestic Violence 69 Ashley Tyndall-Lind
5 Effects of Postearthquake Group Play Therapy with ChineseChildren 85 Yih-Jiun Shen
6 Play Therapy Effect on Relationship Stress 105 Dee C. Ray and Natalya A. Edwards
7 Impact of School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy on AcademicAchievement, Self-Concept, and Teacher-Child Relationships125 Pedro J. Blanco
8 Play Therapy with Children Exhibiting ADHD 145 Dee C. Ray
9 A School-Based Group Activity Therapy Intervention withLearning-Disabled Preadolescents Exhibiting Behavior Problems163 Jill Packman and Ireon Lebeauf
10 School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy with HispanicChildren 177 Yvonne Garza
11 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy for ChildrenReferred for Aggression 193 Brandy Schumann
12 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy andPerson-Centered Teacher Consultation on ADHD: A Single-Case StudyDesign 209 April Schottelkorb
13 Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child Development: ASingle-Case Analysis 231 April Garofano-Brown
14 Children's Perceptions of Play Therapy 249 Eric J. Green
SECTION III RESEARCH IN FILIAL THERAPY
15 Child Parent Relationship Therapy: A Review ofControlled-Outcome Research 267 Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, and Yung-Wei DennisLin
16 Filial Therapy with Parents of Chronically Ill Children295 Kristi Tew
17 Filial Therapy with Native Americans on the FlatheadReservation 311 Geri Glover
18 Filial Therapy with Chinese Parents 323 Tom Yuen
19 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with African AmericanParents 339 Angela I. Sheely-Moore
20 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Hispanic Parents355 Peggy Ceballos
21 High School Students as Therapeutic Agents with YoungChildren 373 Leslie Jones
22 Filial Therapy with Teachers of Deaf and Hard of HearingPreschool Children 389 D. Michael Smith
23 Child-Centered Kinder Training for Teachers of PreschoolChildren Deemed at Risk 409 Phyllis Post
24 An Early Mental Health Intervention for DisadvantagedPreschool Children 427 Mary O. Morrison and Wendy P. Helker
25 A Qualitative Study of Parents' Perceptions of FilialTherapy in a Public School 447 Yuehong Chen Foley
SECTION IV FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYTHERAPY
26 Evidence-Based Standards and Tips for Play TherapyResearchers 467 Jennifer N. Baggerly