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More About This Title Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice
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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.
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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.
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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-First Century Update 3
Dee C. Ray and Sue C. Bratton
SECTION II RESEARCH IN PLAY THERAPY
2 Increased Self-Efficacy: One Reason for Play Therapy Success 37
Marijane Fall
3 The Efficacy of Intensive Individual Child-Centered Play Therapy for Chronically Ill Children 51
Elizabeth Murphy Jones and Kara Carnes-Holt
4 Intensive Sibling Group Play Therapy with Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence 69
Ashley Tyndall-Lind
5 Effects of Postearthquake Group Play Therapy with Chinese Children 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 Academic Achievement, Self-Concept, and Teacher-Child Relationships 125
Pedro J. Blanco
8 Play Therapy with Children Exhibiting ADHD 145
Dee C. Ray
9 A School-Based Group Activity Therapy Intervention with Learning-Disabled Preadolescents Exhibiting Behavior Problems 163
Jill Packman and Ireon Lebeauf
10 School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy with Hispanic Children 177
Yvonne Garza
11 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy for Children Referred for Aggression 193
Brandy Schumann
12 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Person-Centered Teacher Consultation on ADHD: A Single-Case Study Design 209
April Schottelkorb
13 Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child Development: A Single-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 of Controlled-Outcome Research 267
Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, and Yung-Wei Dennis Lin
16 Filial Therapy with Parents of Chronically Ill Children 295
Kristi Tew
17 Filial Therapy with Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation 311
Geri Glover
18 Filial Therapy with Chinese Parents 323
Tom Yuen
19 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with African American Parents 339
Angela I. Sheely-Moore
20 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Hispanic Parents 355
Peggy Ceballos
21 High School Students as Therapeutic Agents with Young Children 373
Leslie Jones
22 Filial Therapy with Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Children 389
D. Michael Smith
23 Child-Centered Kinder Training for Teachers of Preschool Children Deemed at Risk 409
Phyllis Post
24 An Early Mental Health Intervention for Disadvantaged Preschool Children 427
Mary O. Morrison and Wendy P. Helker
25 A Qualitative Study of Parents’ Perceptions of Filial Therapy in a Public School 447
Yuehong Chen Foley
SECTION IV FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR PLAY THERAPY
26 Evidence-Based Standards and Tips for Play Therapy Researchers 467
Jennifer N. Baggerly
Author Index 481
Subject Index 495
