Child-Centered Play Therapy Research

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 xiGarry L. Landreth Preface xiiiAbout the Editors xixContributors xxiSECTION I OVERVIEW OF PLAY THERAPY RESEARCH1 What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty-First Century Update 3Dee C. Ray and Sue C. BrattonSECTION II RESEARCH IN PLAY THERAPY2 Increased Self-Efficacy: One Reason for Play Therapy Success 37Marijane Fall3 The Efficacy of Intensive Individual Child-Centered Play Therapy for Chronically Ill Children 51Elizabeth Murphy Jones and Kara Carnes-Holt4 Intensive Sibling Group Play Therapy with Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence 69Ashley Tyndall-Lind5 Effects of Postearthquake Group Play Therapy with Chinese Children 85Yih-Jiun Shen6 Play Therapy Effect on Relationship Stress 105Dee C. Ray and Natalya A. Edwards7 Impact of School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy on Academic Achievement, Self-Concept, and Teacher-Child Relationships 125Pedro J. Blanco8 Play Therapy with Children Exhibiting ADHD 145Dee C. Ray9 A School-Based Group Activity Therapy Intervention with Learning-Disabled Preadolescents Exhibiting Behavior Problems 163Jill Packman and Ireon Lebeauf10 School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy with Hispanic Children 177Yvonne Garza11 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy for Children Referred for Aggression 193Brandy Schumann12 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Person-Centered Teacher Consultation on ADHD: A Single-Case Study Design 209April Schottelkorb13 Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child Development: A Single-Case Analysis 231April Garofano-Brown14 Children's Perceptions of Play Therapy 249Eric J. GreenSECTION III RESEARCH IN FILIAL THERAPY15 Child Parent Relationship Therapy: A Review of Controlled-Outcome Research 267Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, and Yung-Wei Dennis Lin16 Filial Therapy with Parents of Chronically Ill Children 295Kristi Tew17 Filial Therapy with Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation 311Geri Glover18 Filial Therapy with Chinese Parents 323Tom Yuen19 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with African American Parents 339Angela I. Sheely-Moore20 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Hispanic Parents 355Peggy Ceballos21 High School Students as Therapeutic Agents with Young Children 373Leslie Jones22 Filial Therapy with Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Children 389D. Michael Smith23 Child-Centered Kinder Training for Teachers of Preschool Children Deemed at Risk 409Phyllis Post24 An Early Mental Health Intervention for Disadvantaged Preschool Children 427Mary O. Morrison and Wendy P. Helker25 A Qualitative Study of Parents’ Perceptions of Filial Therapy in a Public School 447Yuehong Chen FoleySECTION IV FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR PLAY THERAPY26 Evidence-Based Standards and Tips for Play Therapy Researchers 467Jennifer N. BaggerlyAuthor Index 481Subject Index 495