Main description:

Research must support the efficacy of play therapy in order to justify therapists' use of it to insurance companies, courts, school districts, and parents. Focusing on the two most academically researched types of play therapy--child-centered play therapy and filial therapy--this is the first book of its kind to provide exhaustive, in-depth coverage of play therapy research studies through chapters written by the top play therapy researchers. Play therapists are provided with authoritative guidance on the best evidence-based methods and how future play therapy research should be conducted.

Contents:

Foreword xi 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