Child-Centered Play Therapy Research (eBook)

Jennifer N. Baggerly, PhD, LMHC-S, RPT-S, is an Associate 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.

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