Innovations in Play Therapy

by Landreth,Garry L.

• ISBN13: 9781560328810
• ISBN10: 1560328819
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-12-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of aggressive acting-out children, autistic children, chronically ill children, traumatized children, selective mute children, disassociative identity disorder adults with child alters, and the elderly. The book addresses such vital issues as how play therapy helps children, confidentiality in working with children, how to work with parents, and what the play therapist needs to know about medications for children. The difficult dimension of diagnosis is clarified through specific descriptions of how the play therapist can use play behaviors to diagnose physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional maladjustment in children.

Table of Contents

About the Editor	ix
Contributors	ix
Preface	xi
I. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF THE PLAY THERAPIST
Facilitative Dimensions of Play in the Play Therapy Process	3	(20)
Garry L. Landreth
Essential Personality Characteristics of Effective Play Therapists	23	(8)
Tina Edling Harris
Garry L. Landreth
Cultural Considerations in Play Therapy	31	(12)
Geraldine J. Glover
Play Therapy with Chinese Children: Needed Modifications	43	(8)
Shu-Chen Kao
Garry L. Landreth
What the Play Therapist Needs to Know about Medications	51	(14)
Daniel S. Sweeney
Ross J. Tatum
Legal and Ethical Issues in Play Therapy	65	(18)
Daniel S. Sweeney
The Parents' Part in the Play Therapy Process	83	(16)
Jodi Crane
II. CLINICAL INNOVATIONS IN PLAY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
Play Therapy Behaviors of Physically Abused Children	99	(20)
JoAnna White
Kay Draper
Nancy Pittard Jones
Play Therapy Behaviors of Sexually Abused Children	119	(12)
Meredith K. Ater
Identifying Sexually Abused Children in Play Therapy	131	(24)
Linda E. Homeyer
Diagnostic Assessment of Children's Play Therapy Behavior	155	(26)
Lessie H. Perry
Garry L. Landreth
III. INNOVATIVE PROCEDURES IN PLAY THERAPY
Child-Centered Group Play Therapy	181	(22)
Garry L. Landreth
Daniel S. Sweeney
Intensive Short-Term Group Play Therapy	203	(14)
Ashley Tyndall-Lind
Garry L. Landreth
Short-Term Play Therapy	217	(22)
Shaunda Peterson Johnson
IV. PLAY THERAPY WITH SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Play Therapy with Aggressive Acting-Out Children	239	(18)
Shaunda Peterson Johnson
Patricia Clark
Play Therapy with Autistic Children	257	(14)
Wynne Mittledorf
Shirley Hendricks
Garry L. Landreth
Play Therapy for Children with Chronic Illness	271	(18)
Elizabeth Murphy Jones
Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Crisis Response	289	(14)
Pamela Webb
Play Therapy with Selective Mute Children	303	(20)
Phyllis Post
Play Therapy with Dissociative Identity Disorder Clients with Child Alters	323	(12)
Jeffrey W. Klein
Garry L. Landreth
Play Therapy with the Elderly	335	(14)
Pat Ledyard Haynes
Have Toys--Will Travel: A Traveling Play Therapist in the School Setting	349	(12)
Brenda Niel
Garry L. Landreth
Index	361