School-Based Play Therapy

ATHENA A. DREWES, PSYD, MA, RPT-S, is Director of Clinical Training and the APA-Accredited Internship at Astor Services for Children & Families, a multiservice nonprofit agency in New York. She is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, past director of the Association for Play Therapy, and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Play Therapy. CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PHD, RPT-S, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Dr. Schaefer is a renowned author, editor, and coeditor of over fifty play therapy books, as well as numerous journal articles and presentations on play therapy. He cofounded the Association for Play Therapy in 1982, which currently has over 5,500 members, and now serves as a Director Emeritus for the organization.

• Preface xiContributors xiiiPart I Play Therapy: Its Therapeutic Power and Research Effects1 The Therapeutic Powers of Play and Play Therapy 3Charles E. Schaefer and Athena A. Drewes2 Meeting the Early Mental Health Needs of Children Through School-Based Play Therapy: A Review of Outcome Research 17Sue C. BrattonPart II Implementing Play Therapy In the Schools3 Guidelines for Incorporating Play Therapy in the Schools 61Kristi Perryman and Judy Doran4 Challenges and Barriers to Implementing Play Therapy in Schools 87Dee C. RayPart III Play-Based Assessments5 Using Play Therapy Assessment in an Elementary and Intermediate School Setting 107Mary May Schmidt6 Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment and Intervention in the Primary Years 123Toni Linder and Brittney BixbyPart IV Play-Based Prevention Programs With Paraprofessionals and Teachers7 Helping Preschool and Kindergarten Teachers Foster Play in the Classroom 145Karen Stagnitti8 Primary Project: An Evidenced-Based Approach 163Mary Anne Peabody, Deborah Johnson, and A. Dirk Hightower9 Child–Teacher Relationship Training: Using the Power of the Child–Teacher Relationship as a School-Based Mental Health Intervention 181Mary O. Morrison and Wendy Pretz Helker10 Treating Disruptive Classroom Behaviors of Preschoolers through Teacher–Child Interaction Therapy 197David McIntoshPart V Individual and Group Play Therapy Approaches11 LEGO®-Based Play Therapy for Autistic Spectrum Children 221Daniel B. LeGoff, G. W. Krauss, and Sarah Allen Levin 12 Trauma-Focused Group Play Therapy in the Schools 237Yih-Jiun Shen13 Group Sandplay in Elementary Schools 257Theresa Kestly14 Play Therapy for Anger Management in the Schools 283Barbara A. Fischetti15 Group Play Interventions for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 307Linda A. ReddyPart VI Special Populations and Special Issues16 Play Therapy for Children of Alcoholics 333Laura Jacobus-Kantor and James G. Emshoff17 Understanding and Generalizing Communication Patterns in Children with Selective Mutism 359Laurie Zelinger18 Play, Create, Express, Understand: Bereavement Groups in Schools 379Ruthellen Griffin19 Redrawing the Front Line: A Play Therapy Service for Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Children and Families in School 407Geraldine Thomas20 The Nana’s Model: School-Based Play Therapy with Children Who Are Homeless or Severely Impoverished 435Ana Maria Sutton21 Better Playtimes: A School-Based Therapeutic Play Intervention for Staff and Children 467Alison WoolfAuthor Index 485Subject Index 499