School-Based Play Therapy, Second Edition

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A thorough revision of the essential guide to using play therapy in schools Fully updated and revised, School-Based Play Therapy, Second Edition presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy in preschool and elementary school settings. Coedited by noted experts in the field, Athena Drewes and Charles Schaefer, the Second Edition offers school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and teachers the latest techniques in developing creative approaches to utilize the therapeutic powers of play in schools. The Second Edition includes coverage on 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, such as selectively mute, homeless, and autistic children. In addition, nine new chapters have been added with new material covering: Cognitive-behavioral play therapy Trauma-focused group work Training teachers to use play therapy Filled with illustrative case studies and ready-to-use practical techniques and suggestions, School-Based Play Therapy, Second Edition is an essential resource for all mental health professionals working in schools.Content: Chapter 1 The Therapeutic Powers of Play and Play Therapy (pages 1–16): Charles E. Schaefer and Athena A. DrewesChapter 2 Meeting the Early Mental Health Needs of Children Through School?Based Play Therapy: A Review of Outcome Research (pages 17–58): Sue C. BrattonChapter 3 Guidelines for Incorporating Play Therapy in the Schools (pages 59–86): Kristi Perryman and Judy DoranChapter 4 Challenges and Barriers to Implementing Play Therapy in Schools (pages 87–104): Dee C. RayChapter 5 Using Play Therapy Assessment in an Elementary and Intermediate School Setting (pages 105–122): Mary May SchmidtChapter 6 Transdisciplinary Play?Based Assessment and Intervention in the Primary Years (pages 123–141): Toni Linder and Brittney BixbyChapter 7 Helping Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers Foster Play in the Classroom (pages 143–161): Karen StagnittiChapter 8 Primary Project: An Evidenced?Based Approach (pages 163–180): Mary Anne Peabody, Deborah Johnson and A. Dirk HightowerChapter 9 Child?Teacher Relationship Training: Using the Power of the Child?Teacher Relationship as a School?Based Mental Health Intervention (pages 181–195): Mary O. Morrison and Wendy Pretz HelkerChapter 10 Treating Disruptive Classroom Behaviors of Preschoolers Through Teacher—Child Interaction Therapy (pages 197–218): David McIntoshChapter 11 Lego®?Based Play Therapy for Autistic Spectrum Children (pages 219–235): Daniel B. Legoff, G. W. Krauss and Sarah Allen LevinChapter 12 Trauma?Focused Group Play Therapy in the Schools (pages 237–255): Yih?Jiun ShenChapter 13 Group Sandplay in Elementary Schools (pages 257–281): Theresa KestlyChapter 14 Play Therapy for Anger Management in the Schools (pages 283–305): Barbara A. FischettiChapter 15 Group Play Interventions for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (pages 307–329): Linda A. ReddyChapter 16 Play Therapy for Children of Alcoholics (pages 331–357): Laura Jacobus?Kantor and James G. EmshoffChapter 17 Understanding and Generalizing Communication Patterns in Children with Selective Mutism (pages 359–377): Laurie ZelingerChapter 18 Play, Create, Express, Understand: Bereavement Groups in Schools (pages 379–405): Ruthellen GriffinChapter 19 Redrawing the Front Line: A Play Therapy Service for Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Children and Families in School (pages 407–433): Geraldine ThomasChapter 20 The Nana's Model: School?Based Play Therapy with Children Who Are Homeless or Severely Impoverished (pages 435–466): Ana Maria SuttonChapter 21 Better Playtimes: A School?Based Therapeutic Play Intervention for Staff and Children (pages 467–483): Alison Woolf