Child-Centered Play Therapy Research
The Evidence Base for Effective Practice
1. Edition May 2010
528 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The first book of its kind to provide exhaustive, in-depth coverage of play therapy research
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.
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
Professor in the Counselor Education Program at the University of
South Florida. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Supervisor
and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She serves on the
Association for Play Therapy (APT) Board of Directors and is former
research chair of APT.
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.
