Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Garry L. Landreth Preface xiii
About the Editors xix
Contributors xxi
SECTION I OVERVIEW OF PLAY THERAPY RESEARCH
1 What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty-First Century Update 3 Dee C. Ray and Sue C. Bratton
SECTION II RESEARCH IN PLAY THERAPY
2 Increased Self-Efficacy: One Reason for Play Therapy Success 37 Marijane Fall
3 The Efficacy of Intensive Individual Child-Centered Play Therapy for Chronically Ill Children 51 Elizabeth Murphy Jones and Kara Carnes-Holt
4 Intensive Sibling Group Play Therapy with Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence 69 Ashley Tyndall-Lind
5 Effects of Postearthquake Group Play Therapy with Chinese Children 85 Yih-Jiun Shen
6 Play Therapy Effect on Relationship Stress 105 Dee C. Ray and Natalya A. Edwards
7 Impact of School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy on Academic Achievement, Self-Concept, and Teacher-Child Relationships 125 Pedro J. Blanco
8 Play Therapy with Children Exhibiting ADHD 145 Dee C. Ray
9 A School-Based Group Activity Therapy Intervention with Learning-Disabled Preadolescents Exhibiting Behavior Problems 163 Jill Packman and Ireon Lebeauf
10 School-Based Child-Centered Play Therapy with Hispanic Children 177 Yvonne Garza
11 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy for Children Referred for Aggression 193 Brandy Schumann
12 Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Person-Centered Teacher Consultation on ADHD: A Single-Case Study Design 209 April Schottelkorb
13 Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child Development: A Single-Case Analysis 231 April Garofano-Brown
14 Children's Perceptions of Play Therapy 249 Eric J. Green
SECTION III RESEARCH IN FILIAL THERAPY
15 Child Parent Relationship Therapy: A Review of Controlled-Outcome Research 267 Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, and Yung-Wei Dennis Lin
16 Filial Therapy with Parents of Chronically Ill Children 295 Kristi Tew
17 Filial Therapy with Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation 311 Geri Glover
18 Filial Therapy with Chinese Parents 323 Tom Yuen
19 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with African American Parents 339 Angela I. Sheely-Moore
20 Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Hispanic Parents 355 Peggy Ceballos
21 High School Students as Therapeutic Agents with Young Children 373 Leslie Jones
22 Filial Therapy with Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Children 389 D. Michael Smith
23 Child-Centered Kinder Training for Teachers of Preschool Children Deemed at Risk 409 Phyllis Post
24 An Early Mental Health Intervention for Disadvantaged Preschool Children 427 Mary O. Morrison and Wendy P. Helker
25 A Qualitative Study of Parents’ Perceptions of Filial Therapy in a Public School 447 Yuehong Chen Foley
SECTION IV FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR PLAY THERAPY
26 Evidence-Based Standards and Tips for Play Therapy Researchers 467 Jennifer N. Baggerly
Author Index 481
Subject Index 495