Table of Contents

Part I. SCHOOL-BASED PLAY ASSESSMENT. '



Chapter 1. Using Play Therapy Assessment in an Elementary and Intermediate School Setting (M. Schmidt).

Chapter 2. Sandplay and Assessment Techniques with Preschool-Age Children'



Part II. IMPLEMENTING PLAY THERAPY IN THE SCHOOLS. '



Chapter 3. The Possibilities and Challenges in Using Play Therapy in Schools

Chapter 4. Play Objects and Play Spaces

Chapter 5. Play Therapy in a Special Education Preschool'



Part III. INDIVIDUAL PLAY THERAPY APPROACHES. '



Chapter 6. Child-Centered Play Therapy for At-Risk Elementary School Children

Chapter 7. Sandplay Therapy in a Time-Limited School-Based Program

Chapter 8. Play Therapy in a Residential Treatment Center

Chapter 9. Theraplay for Classrooms'



Part IV. GROUP PLAY THERAPY AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS. '



Chapter 10. Crisis Intervention Activity Groups in the Schools

Chapter 11. Play Therapy for Children of Alcoholics

Chapter 12. Playing the Unspeakable: Bereavement Programs in the School Setting

Chapter 13. Use of Play Therapy for Anger Management in the School Setting

Chapter 14. Use of Developmentally Appropriate Games in a Child Group Training Program for Young Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder '



Part V. ISSUES AND INNOVATIONS. '



Chapter 15. Chapter 1. Primary Mental Health Project: A School-Based Prevention Program

Chapter 16. Developmental Considerations in Play and Play Therapy with Traumatized Children

Chapter 17. An Integrative Play Therapy Approach to Working with Children

Chapter 18. Group Sandplay in Elementary Schools

Chapter 19. Innovative Applications of Play Therapy in School Settings

Chapter 20. Counselors Coaching Teachers to Use Play Therapy in Classrooms: The Play and Language to Succeed (PALS) Early, School-Based Intervention for Behaviorally At-Risk Children

About the Author

ATHENA A. DREWES, PsyD, RPT-S, is Senior Psychologist and Clinical Coordinator of the Astor Home for Children, a residential treatment center in New York. She is the founder and past-president of the New York branch of the Association for Play Therapy.

J. CAREY, MSW, CSW, is a social worker in private practice in New York and a supervisor for the Association for Play Therapy, as well as the current President of its New York branch.

CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PhD, has been a major force behind the growth of play therapy practice in this country. He is cofounder and board member emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy, as well as the author/editor of numerous books on the subject, including Handbook of Play Therapy, vols. 1 and 2, Game Play, and Play Diagnosis and Assessment (all from Wiley). Schaefer is also Professor of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Reviews

This book is an essential volume for any practitioner working with young children. The authors have successfully delivered the rapprochement between the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of play therapy. The case studies included in the book add testaments to its success and effectiveness. School-Based Play Therapy will undoubtedly become a classic in the field. (Reviewed by Geraldine Oades-Sese in School Psychology Early Childhood Newsletter)"...an attractive book the discussion of games to play with young children with AdHD was very interesting and useful..." (Child Abuse Review, Jan-February 2003)



"...innovative and important in itself...practitioner friendly and accessible to an international audience..." (Jnl of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol 8(1))