Game Play

CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. STEVEN E. REID, PhD, is in private practice in Long Island, NY, and New York City.

• The Psychology of Play and Games (S. Reid). GAMES TO ELICIT COMMUNICATION AND FANTASY EXPRESSION. Using the Imagine Game as a Projective Technique (H. Burks). The Feeling Word Game (E. Cron). The Talking, Feeling, Doing Game (R. Gardner). USING TRADITIONAL GAMES IN CHILD THERAPY. The Use of Competitive Games in Play Therapy (I. Berlin). Therapeutic Uses of Fine Motor Games (J. Bow & F. Quinell). Therapeutic Use of Card Games with Learning-Disabled Children (S. Reid). GAME PLAY FOR CHILDREN IN CRISIS. Lifegames: Games Children Play When Life is Not a Game (I. Streng). My Game: Rebuilding Hope for Children In Placement (R. Kagan). The Use of the Goodbye Game with Bereaved Children (E. Netel-Gilman, et al.). Therapeutic Games for Children of Divorce (Y. Epstein & H. Rosenberg). Using Games and Game Play in Group Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents (B. Corder). THERAPEUTIC GAMES FOR CHILDREN WITH ADHD. The Use of the Stop, Relax and Think Game with ADHD Children (R. Bridges). Biofeedback Racing Car Game for Children with ADHD (H. Kaduson). Using Games to Improve Self-Control Problems in Children (A. Swanson & B. Casarjian). TEACHING SOCIAL SKILLS THROUGH GAMES. Teaching Social Skills: A Board Game Approach (C. LeCroy & J. Archer). Game Play Therapy for Antisocial Adolescents (M. Mitlin). Prescribing Games to Reduce Aggression in Children (A. Bay-Hinitz).

"...an interesting and constructive reference book for social workers, psychologists, play therapists and other professionals..." (Jnl of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol 8(1))