School-Based Play Therapy

by Drewes, Athena A.; Schaefer, Charles E.

• ISBN13: 9780470371404
• ISBN10: 0470371404
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-02
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The fully updated and revised Second Edition presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy in preschool and elementary school settings. This comprehensive reference covers why and 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 therapy with special populations. Co-edited by proven authors and acknowledged experts in the field, School-Based Play Therapy offers school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and teachers the latest techniques to develop their own creative approaches to utilizing the therapeutic powers of play.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Play Therapy: Its Therapeutic Power And Research Effects
The Therapeutic Powers of Play and Play Therapy	p. 3
Meeting the Early Mental Health Needs of Children Through School-Based Play Therapy: A Review of Outcome Research	p. 17
Implementing Play Therapy in The Schools
Guidelines for Incorporating Play Therapy in the Schools	p. 61
Challenges and Barriers to Implementing Play Therapy in Schools	p. 87
Play-Based Assessments
Using Play Therapy Assessment in an Elementary and Intermediate School Setting	p. 107
Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment and Intervention in the Primary Years	p. 123
Play-Based Prevention Programs With Paraprofessionals And Teachers
Helping Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers Foster Play in the Classroom	p. 145
Primary Project: An Evidenced-Based Approach	p. 163
Child-Teacher Relationship Training: Using the Power of the Child-Teacher Relationship as a School-Based Mental Health Intervention	p. 181
Treating Disruptive Classroom Behaviors of Preschoolers through Teacher-Child Interaction Therapy	p. 197
Individual and Group Play Therapy Approaches
LEG“-Based Play Therapy for Autistic Spectrum Children	p. 221
Trauma-Focused Group Play Therapy in the Schools	p. 237
Group Sandplay in Elementary Schools	p. 257
Play Therapy for Anger Management in the Schools	p. 283
Group Play Interventions for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 307
Special Populations And Special Issues
Play Therapy for Children of Alcoholics	p. 333
Understanding and Generalizing Communication Patterns in Children with Selective Mutism	p. 359
Play, Create, Express, Understand: Bereavement Groups in Schools	p. 379
Redrawing the Front Line: A Play Therapy Service for Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Children and Families in School	p. 407
The Nana's Model: School-Based Play Therapy with Children Who-Are Homeless or Severely Impoverished	p. 435
Better Playtimes: A School-Based Therapeutic Play Intervention for Staff and Children	p. 467
Author Index	p. 485
Subject Index	p. 499
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