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Direct linkFrance, Lesley-Ann; McIntosh, Sarah; Woods, Kevin – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Theraplay® is an attachment-based intervention involving adults and children which is practised in a variety of settings across the world. The aim of this scoping review is to explore how Theraplay® has been used as an intervention with children and families in order to inform future practice and to identify any gaps in the current literature. By…
Descriptors: Intervention, Attachment Behavior, Family Involvement, Parent Child Relationship
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
Sarah Fabrizi; Ann L. Tilman; Ellen Donald; Noelle Balsamo; Annemarie Connor – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Therapeutic playgroups have potential to benefit families and children enrolled in early intervention. A pretest-posttest, mixed methods, sequential explanatory design was utilized to explore the effectiveness and feasibility of an 8-week SEE Me (Social Emotional Education) therapeutic playgroup delivered by a collaborative team of providers using…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Parent Child Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
Download full textTarkoçin Vural, Suna; Saglam, Mehmet – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Gaming is a natural process for the child, and with the play therapy technique used in this process, opportunities are offered to the child to express their problems and emotions by playing. Play therapy is used in many studies with children. The number of studies conducted on the effectiveness of play therapy in Turkey is increasing with each…
Descriptors: Games, Play Therapy, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Treatment
Zarra-Nezhad, Maryam; Pakdaman, Fatemeh; Moazami-Goodarzi, Ali – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study examined the effectiveness of child-centered group play therapy (CCGPT) and narrative therapy in reducing separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and boosting social-emotional behaviours in early childhood (2.5-4-year-olds). An 8-week-randomized controlled trial design with three intervention groups, i.e. CCGPT, narrative therapy, and a…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Separation Anxiety, Intervention, Social Emotional Learning
Shields, Margaret; Hunnell, William; Tucker, Melanie; Price, Annie – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2020
Purpose: Anxiety disorders are a common mental health problem on college campuses. Underused creative programs offer intrinsic value to the successful integration of college students. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of the use of building block therapy (LEGO® ) in stress management/reduction in comparison to traditional art…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Anxiety, College Students, Art Therapy
Gregory V. Boerio – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of the current investigation is to analyze extant research examining the impact of play therapy on the development of language skills in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As rates of ASD diagnoses continue to increase, families and educators are faced with making critical decisions regarding the selection and…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Language Skills, Language Acquisition, Young Children
Child-Centered Play Therapy and Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Children on the Autism Spectrum
Regine Ki Ki Chung – Online Submission, 2023
The current study is the first repeated-measures design exploring the impact of child-centered play therapy (CCPT), an evidence-based child psychotherapy intervention, on autistic children's social-emotional assets, and emotional and behavioral problems across four times during intervention based on teacher reports. Participants consisted of 19…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Psychotherapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Development
Göker-Özdemir, Gizem; Sertelin-Mercan, Çare – African Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study aims to examine Child-Centered Play Therapy's effect on reducing behavioral problems in five- and six-year-old children living in Istanbul. The study was conducted with 20 children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families. Families applied for support to a play therapy room established in a primary school. A pre-test and post-test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play Therapy, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
Sarah K. Tucker – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Childhood poverty is a prevalent concern in the United States and is associated with poor psychological and academic outcomes. Psychosocial stressors associated with life in poverty may interrupt the development of a positive self-concept, ultimately hampering the academic achievement of children in poverty. As the therapeutic objectives of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Elementary School Students, Play Therapy, Poverty
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
Kimberly L. A. Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Children experience a multitude of benefits in response to interactions with nature. Despite documented effects, children have increasingly spent less time outdoors over the last century and experienced higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses. Although child-centered play therapy (CCPT) is a culturally and developmentally responsive…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Outdoor Education, Play Therapy, Social Emotional Learning
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
Phipps, Christa Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Low income male preschoolers with externalizing behaviors have continued behavior issues throughout elementary school, middle school, high school, and into adulthood and create stress for their teachers. Because of this, it is important to detect externalizing behaviors early and implement an appropriate intervention. A single subject reversal…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Low Income Groups, Males
Dillman Taylor, Dalena L.; Blount, Ashley J.; Bloom, Zachary – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
Outcome research examining the effectiveness of teaching methods in counselor education is sparse. The researchers conducted a qualitative investigation utilizing an instrumental case study to examine the influence of a constructivist-developmental format on a play therapy counseling course in a large CACREP accredited university in the…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Outcomes of Education, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
