Description
Book SynopsisThis volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of play interventions for preventing and resolving the most common disorders of children aged 3-5 years old.
Table of ContentsContributors
Introduction
I. Play-Based Prevention Programs
- Clinical and Developmental Issues in Psychotherapy With Preschool Children: Laying the Groundwork for Play Therapy
—Julie Blundon Nash and Charles E. Schaefer
- Evidence Supporting the Benefit of Play for Mild to Moderate Behavior Problems of Preschool Children
—Charles E. Schaefer
- Play Therapy for Insecurely Attached Preschool Children
—Helen E. Benedict and Diana Schofield
II. Play Interventions for Internalizing Disorders
- Posttraumatic Parenting: A Parent–Child Dyadic Treatment for Young Children's Posttraumatic Adjustment
—Janine Shelby, Claudia Avina, and Heather Warnick
- Filial Play Therapy for Grieving Preschool Children
—Hilda R. Glazer
- Strategic Play Therapy Techniques for Anxious Preschoolers
—Paris Goodyear-Brown
- Use of Play in Child–Parent Psychotherapy With Preschoolers Traumatized by Domestic Violence
—Manuela A. Diaz and Alicia F. Lieberman
- Cognitive–Behavioral Play Therapy for Preschoolers: Integrating Play and Cognitive–Behavioral Interventions
—Susan M. Knell and Meena Dasari
III. Play Interventions for Externalizing Disorders
- Role of Sociodramatic Play in Promoting Self-Regulation
—Katherine A. Gioia and Renée M. Tobin
- Parent–Child Interaction Therapy
—Corissa L. Callahan, Monica L. Stevens, and Sheila Eyberg
- Jungian Sandplay Therapy for Preschoolers With Disruptive Behavior Problems
—Eric J. Green and Kristi Gibbs
- Parents, Teachers, and Therapists Using Child-Directed Play Therapy and Coaching Skills to Promote Children's Social and Emotional Competence and Build Positive Relationships
—Carolyn Webster-Stratton and M. Jamila Reid
IV. Play Interventions for Developmental Disorders
- From Novice to Expert: Guiding Children on the Autism Spectrum in Integrated Play Groups
—David Neufeld and Pamela Wolfberg
- Teaching Social Skills to Developmentally Delayed Preschoolers
—Johnny L. Matson and Jill C. Fodstad
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