School-Based Play Therapy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Drewes, Athena A.; Schaefer, Charles E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A thorough revision of the essential guide to using play therapy in schools Fully updated and revised, School-Based Play Therapy, Second Edition presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy in preschool and elementary school settings. Coedited by noted experts in the field, Athena Drewes and Charles Schaefer, the Second Edition offers school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and teachers the latest techniques in developing creative approaches to utilize the therapeutic powers of play in schools. The Second Edition includes coverage on how to implement a play therapy program in school settings; play-based prevention programs; individual play therapy approaches as well as group play; and play therapywith special populations, such as selectively mute, homeless, and autistic children. In addition, nine new chapters have been added with new material covering: * Cognitive-behavioral play therapy * Trauma-focused group work * Training teachers to use play therapy Filled with illustrative case studies and ready-to-use practical techniques and suggestions, School-Based Play Therapy, Second Edition is an essential resource for all mental health professionals working in schools.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470555316
• Artikelnr.: 38202769

Autorenporträt

ATHENA A. DREWES, PSYD, MA, RPT-S, is Director of Clinical Training and the APA-Accredited Internship at Astor Services for Children & Families, a multiservice nonprofit agency in New York. She is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, past director of the Association for Play Therapy, and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Play Therapy. CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PHD, RPT-S, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Dr. Schaefer is a renowned author, editor, and coeditor of over fifty play therapy books, as well as numerous journal articles and presentations on play therapy. He cofounded the Association for Play Therapy in 1982, which currently has over 5,500 members, and now serves as a Director Emeritus for the organization.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi
Contributors xiii
Part I Play Therapy: Its Therapeutic Power and Research Effects
1 The Therapeutic Powers of Play and Play Therapy 3
Charles E. Schaefer and Athena A. Drewes
2 Meeting the Early Mental Health Needs of Children Through School-Based
Play Therapy: A Review of Outcome Research 17
Sue C. Bratton
Part II Implementing Play Therapy In the Schools
3 Guidelines for Incorporating Play Therapy in the Schools 61
Kristi Perryman and Judy Doran
4 Challenges and Barriers to Implementing Play Therapy in Schools 87
Dee C. Ray
Part III Play-Based Assessments
5 Using Play Therapy Assessment in an Elementary and Intermediate School
Setting 107
Mary May Schmidt
6 Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment and Intervention in the Primary
Years 123
Toni Linder and Brittney Bixby
Part IV Play-Based Prevention Programs With Paraprofessionals and Teachers
7 Helping Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers Foster Play in the Classroom
145
Karen Stagnitti
8 Primary Project: An Evidenced-Based Approach 163
Mary Anne Peabody, Deborah Johnson, and A. Dirk Hightower
9 Child-Teacher Relationship Training: Using the Power of the Child-Teacher
Relationship as a School-Based Mental Health Intervention 181
Mary O. Morrison and Wendy Pretz Helker
10 Treating Disruptive Classroom Behaviors of Preschoolers through
Teacher-Child Interaction Therapy 197
David McIntosh
Part V Individual and Group Play Therapy Approaches
11 LEGO®-Based Play Therapy for Autistic Spectrum Children 221
Daniel B. LeGoff, G. W. Krauss, and Sarah Allen Levin
12 Trauma-Focused Group Play Therapy in the Schools 237
Yih-Jiun Shen
13 Group Sandplay in Elementary Schools 257
Theresa Kestly
14 Play Therapy for Anger Management in the Schools 283
Barbara A. Fischetti
15 Group Play Interventions for Children with Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 307
Linda A. Reddy
Part VI Special Populations and Special Issues
16 Play Therapy for Children of Alcoholics 333
Laura Jacobus-Kantor and James G. Emshoff
17 Understanding and Generalizing Communication Patterns in Children with
Selective Mutism 359
Laurie Zelinger
18 Play, Create, Express, Understand: Bereavement Groups in Schools 379
Ruthellen Griffin
19 Redrawing the Front Line: A Play Therapy Service for Meeting the
Psychosocial Needs of Children and Families in School 407
Geraldine Thomas
20 The Nana's Model: School-Based Play Therapy with Children Who Are
Homeless or Severely Impoverished 435
Ana Maria Sutton
21 Better Playtimes: A School-Based Therapeutic Play Intervention for Staff
and Children 467
Alison Woolf
Author Index 485
Subject Index 499