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Direct linkTerry Kottman; Jeffrey S. Ashby – American Counseling Association, 2024
"Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond" is a comprehensive and insightful guide to the practice of play therapy. Presenting foundational and advanced skills with humor and fun, this book brings the practice of play therapy to life through real-life examples, interactive exercises, and thought-provoking reflections. For those new to play…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Children
Peer reviewedSerter, Gülden Öztürk; Çelik, Seher Balci – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2023
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of psycho-education programme based on structured play therapy on the depression and adjustment levels of divorced family children. A structured play therapy psycho-education programme was applied to the experimental group in the research that was carried out with the participation of 16 child between…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Psychoeducational Methods, Adjustment (to Environment), Divorce
Lowe, Paige – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined the effectiveness of caregiver consultations in caregiver's child's play therapy process through a program evaluation lens. Archival data was used from a counseling clinic located in the central southwestern United States. Quantitative data was collected from caregiver who filled out assessments (PSI-4 and CBCL) about their…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Caregivers, Persistence, Dropout Rate
Download full textStuart Daniel; Lauren Berkovits; Abbey Eisenhower; Jan Blacher – Grantee Submission, 2023
"Emotion Regulation" is a key factor in the psychological well-being of children on the autism spectrum. Therapeutic "co-regulation" is posited here as fundamental to addressing Emotion Regulation needs. A therapeutic combination of "Child-Centred Play Therapy" and "Rhythmic Relating" is assessed in its…
Descriptors: Children, Play Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Emotional Response
Hailey Thomas-Frost – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The prevalence of disordered eating among children and adolescents has been steadily increasing, posing an increase in the need for treatment. Recognizing and addressing disordered eating in childhood and adolescence is critical to fostering a healthy relationship with food and body image and ensuring the overall well-being of youth. Play has long…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Eating Disorders, Eating Habits
Sarah-Jane E. Silvester; Robynne Rankine – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2024
The neurodiversity movement challenges the medical model of disability by framing neurodevelopmental disabilities as natural neurological variations rather than deficits. Consequently, as discourse on neurodiversity-affirming practices expands, there is a growing imperative for tailored implementation in school counselling. By emphasising client…
Descriptors: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, School Counseling, Well Being, Counseling Techniques
Edwards, Joshua M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This phenomenological study examined the experiences and perceptions of child-centered play therapists who deliver shortened sessions in the clinic setting. Using the phenomenological analysis procedures based on Moustakas' modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method, a coding team of three doctoral students found 10 themes related to child-centered…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Time, Children, Counseling Techniques
Armstrong, Jodie; Girdler, Sonya; Davidson, Emma; Mizen, Joanne; Bear, Natasha; Wray, John; Elliott, Catherine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
A single-blind randomised control trial investigated the effectiveness of the Learn, Engage and Play (LEaP) playgroup. Seventy-one children with developmental delay were randomly allocated to an 8-week LEaP playgroup or control group and followed up at 12 and 28 weeks. On the primary outcome measure, LEaP demonstrated significant within group…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Developmental Delays, Children, Play Therapy
Wright, Barry; Kingsley, Ellen; Cooper, Cindy; Biggs, Katie; Bursnall, Matthew; Wang, Han-I; Chater, Tim; Coates, Elizabeth; Teare, M. Dawn; McKendrick, Kirsty; Gomez de la Cuesta, Gina; Barr, Amy; Solaiman, Kiera; Packham, Anna; Marshall, David; Varley, Danielle; Nekooi, Roshanak; Parrott, Steve; Ali, Shehzad; Gilbody, Simon; Le Couteur, Ann – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Social learning through friendships is important in child development. Autistic children often initiate and engage in social interactions differently than neurotypical peers. LEGO® based therapy is a group intervention which facilitates social interactions with peers using collaborative LEGO® play. A 1:1 cluster randomised controlled trial with…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Social Isolation
Baggerly, Jennifer; Ceballos, Peggy; Rodríguez, Mónica; Reyes, Ana G. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2022
Adaptations for specific cultural populations are needed to respond to children affected by natural disasters. After Hurricane María, we provided disaster response training to mental health professionals and Disaster Response Play Therapy services to children in Puerto Rico. In this article, we describe culturally specific, field-tested…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Weather, Children, Mental Health
Rathnakumar, D. – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2020
We are witnessing tremendous changes day by day in the educational field, and new avenues of knowledge are opened up almost daily. Innovations in behavioral psychology and educational technology would certainly balance the disparity in learning that arises due to physical, economic, and social factors. There is an ability within every child, and…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Children, Intellectual Disability, Mental Health
Helen T. Maher – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Social-emotional development is foundational to children's health, and academic outcomes. This study examined the effect of a child-centered play therapy intervention on the social-emotional competency of a group of 5 "at risk" third graders. Participants were recruited from a Tier 1 elementary school and social-emotional competency was…
Descriptors: Child Development, Play Therapy, Elementary School Students, Social Emotional Learning
Al Hwayyan, Ola; Mahamid, Fayez – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
This study aimed to test the effectiveness of a counseling program based on play in reducing sleep disorders in children of sexual abuse. The participants were 3 male and 3 female children who were sexually abused and registered at Al Hussein Social Foundation of the Ministry of Social Development in Amman, Jordan. They participated in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Counseling Effectiveness, Sleep, Sexual Abuse
Field, Thomas A.; Ghoston, Michelle R. – American Counseling Association, 2020
This innovative text is the first to illustrate how neuroscience concepts can be translated and applied to counseling with children and adolescents. Drs. Field and Ghoston discuss general principles for child and adolescent counseling before examining neurophysiological development from birth to age 18. They then provide in-session examples of…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Children, Adolescents, Neurosciences
Whitehead, Patrick – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The author argues for a functionalist understanding of autism. Instead of explaining autism as an inborn or otherwise neurological deficit, autism may be understood as a functional disturbance: the impairment of the abstract attitude. The abstract attitude is a concept developed by German neuropsychiatrist Kurt Goldstein (1987-1965) to describe…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Children
