Play Therapy for Preschool Children

Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, RPT-S, is cofounder and director emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy (APT). In 2 , APT awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Schaefer is also founder and codirector of the Play Therapy Training Institute in Hightstown, New Jersey. He coordinates an annual International Play Therapy Study Group in Wroxton, England.  Dr. Schaefer is author or editor of more than professional articles and 55 books. Among his books are Foundations of Play Therapy Handbook of Play Therapy The Playing Cure Play Therapy Techniques Favorite Play Therapy Techniques Game Play Contemporary Play Therapy Short-Term Play Therapy Play Therapy With Adolescents Play Therapy With Adults Play Therapy With Very Young Children (Zero to Three) Empirically Based Play Interventions for Children Handbook of Parent Training (3rd ed.) How to Help Children With Common Problems Teach Your Baby to Sleep Through The Night Toilet Training Without Tears and Ages amp amp Stages: A Parent's Guide to Normal Child Development.  Dr. Schaefer is emeritus professor of psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, and maintains a private practice at the university's clinic in Hackensack, New Jersey.

• ContributorsIntroductionI. Play-Based Prevention ProgramsClinical and Developmental Issues in Psychotherapy With Preschool Children: Laying the Groundwork for Play Therapy -Julie Blundon Nash and Charles E. SchaeferEvidence Supporting the Benefit of Play for Mild to Moderate Behavior Problems of Preschool Children -Charles E. SchaeferPlay Therapy for Insecurely Attached Preschool Children -Helen E. Benedict and Diana SchofieldII. Play Interventions for Internalizing DisordersPosttraumatic Parenting: A Parent amp ndash Child Dyadic Treatment for Young Children's Posttraumatic Adjustment -Janine Shelby, Claudia Avina, and Heather WarnickFilial Play Therapy for Grieving Preschool Children -Hilda R. GlazerStrategic Play Therapy Techniques for Anxious Preschoolers -Paris Goodyear-BrownUse of Play in Child amp ndash Parent Psychotherapy With Preschoolers Traumatized by Domestic Violence -Manuela A. Diaz and Alicia F. LiebermanCognitive amp ndash Behavioral Play Therapy for Preschoolers: Integrating Play and Cognitive amp ndash Behavioral Interventions -Susan M. Knell and Meena DasariIII. Play Interventions for Externalizing DisordersRole of Sociodramatic Play in Promoting Self-Regulation -Katherine A. Gioia and Ren amp eacute e M. TobinParent amp ndash Child Interaction Therapy -Corissa L. Callahan, Monica L. Stevens, and Sheila EybergJungian Sandplay Therapy for Preschoolers With Disruptive Behavior Problems -Eric J. Green and Kristi GibbsParents, 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 ReidIV. Play Interventions for Developmental DisordersFrom Novice to Expert: Guiding Children on the Autism Spectrum in Integrated Play Groups -David Neufeld and Pamela WolfbergTeaching Social Skills to Developmentally Delayed Preschoolers -Johnny L. Matson and Jill C. FodstadIndexAbout the Editor