Linda A. Reddy

Group Play Interventions for Children: Strategies for Teaching Prosocial Skills

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Produktbeschreibung

Play therapy is used to meet a broad range of developmental needs in children from various backgrounds. This is for mental health practitioners working with children aged 5 to 12 to help them learn social skills such as making friends, asking for and offering help, controlling their movements and using appropriate words.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 215mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9781433810558
• ISBN-10: 1433810557
• Artikelnr.: 33933533

Autorenporträt

Linda A. Reddy

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Foundations
1. Grounding Group Play Interventions for Children in Research
2. Group Play Interventions for Children With Special Needs
3. Creating and Establishing Groups for Play Interventions
4. Group Instructional and Behavioral Management Strategies
5. Caregivers in Promoting Skill Generalization
II. Group Play Skill Sequences
III. Group Play Interventions
* Teaching Module 1: Making and Maintaining Friends
* Teaching Module 2: Identifying Emotions and Appropriately Expressing
Emotions
* Teaching Module 3: Following Directions and Impulse Control
* Teaching Module 4: Sharing, Joining a Group, and Group Cooperation
* Teaching Module 5: Anger Management
* Teaching Module 6: Anxiety and Stress Management
* Teaching Module 7: Developing Appropriate Personal Space
* Teaching Module 8: Effective Planning and Time Management
IV. Conclusion
* Final Comments and Future Directions
* Appendix A. Example Group Play Intervention Session
* Appendix B. Recommended Web Resources for Play Therapy
References
Index
About the Author