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BOARD GAME
The game of life
Description:
Practice makes perfect in the game of
Life. Try marriage, kids, and more. Will you go to college and
take out student loans? Or join the working force and collect on
payday? Will you go bankrupt, or earn millions in stock and real
estate? Anything's possible with a spin of the Life wheel! A
classic family game that can be a reality check � or just a fun
time.
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BOARD GAME
Sorry!
Description:
This classic game of luck, strategy, and determination is easy to
grasp for children as young as 6 years old, yet it's fun for
adults and older siblings too. By drawing cards, players move
their game pieces around the board, hoping to eventually
accumulate all their pieces at the final destination--home sweet
home. Sorry is known as the game of "sweet revenge," since players
can send each other's pawns back to the starting line, thus
forcing one another to lose ground and begin all over again. This
kind of frustration may be hard for children under age 8 to
handle. In fact, young ones typically crumble into tears of
outrage when their pawns are cavalierly sent back. The only
recourse is to teach children how to plot their own revenge, which
makes them feel as powerful as superheroes.
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Creative therapy with children and adolescents
By Angela Hobday and Kate Ollier
Book description:
Over 100 activities that can be used in working with
children, adolescents, and families. Encourages creativity in
therapy and assists therapists in talking with children to
facilitate change. From simple ideas to fresh innovations, the
activities are designed to be used as tools to supplement a
variety of therapeutic approaches, and can be tailored to each
child's needs. Therapists will find practical help in gaining
rapport with clients who find it difficult to talk about feelings
and experiences.
Each activity is categorized according to the child's needs or the
purpose of the activity, and cross-referenced by problem,
activity, and by the features of each game/exercise.
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Play therapy: The art of the relationship
By Garry Landreth
Book description:
Play is to the child what verbalization is to the adult-it is
a medium for expressing feelings, exploring relationships,
describing experiences and disclosing wishes. Revised and updated,
this second edition of the award-winning Play Therapy: The Art of
the Relationship provides comprehensive and detailed information
for creating therapeutic relationships with children and
facilitating the play therapy process. Guidelines, transcripts and
case examples are provided for governing sensitive issues at every
stage of the therapeutic process, from the first meeting to the
end of the relationship
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101 favorite play therapy techniques
by Heidi Kaduson
Book Description:
Arranged for easy reference, each bearing a succinct description
and targeted application, the interventions illustrated�including
Fantasy, Storytelling, Expressive Arts, Game Play, Puppet Play, Play
Toys and Objects, and Group Play�have been used with success to address
such common problems as low self-esteem and unresolved fear and anger as
well as more serious difficulties arising from loss, abuse, and sexual
trauma. All the contributors share the enthusiasm and respect of editors
Kaduson and Schaefer for the special value of play therapy in reaching
and healing young patients. Together, they have created an eclectic,
accessible, and comprehensive resource for students and professionals
that will also support parents seeking to open new lines of
communication with their children.
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101 More favorite play therapy techniques
By Heidi Kaduson and Charles Schafer
Book review:
(From Book News, Inc.) Therapists, social workers, and
psychiatrists from North America and Europe share their techniques
for enhancing verbalization, promoting coping abilities,
encouraging self-expression, and helping children to articulate
conflicting emotions. The techniques include the use of
storytelling, art, games, toys, and group play. Each of the 101
chapters describes a technique and applies it to practical
situations. No index. No bibliography.
Book description:
Separated into seven categories for easy reference, the
techniques within each chapter are applied to practice situations
in a concise format for easy reference and use. The interventions
illustrated include Storytelling, to enhance verbalizations in
children; Expressive Art, to promote children's coping ability by
using various art mediums; Game Play, to help children express
themselves in a playful environment; Puppet Play, to facilitate
the expression of conflicting emotions; Play Toys and Objects, to
demonstrate the therapeutic use of various toys and objects in the
playroom; Group Play, to offer methods and play techniques for use
ingroup settings; and Other, to provide miscellaneous techniques
that are useful in many settings. This book is a response to the
evident need of clinicians for easy to use play therapy
techniques. A welcome addition to the earlier collection, it is
designed to help children enhance verbalization of feeling, manage
anger, deal with loss and grief, and heal their wounds through the
magic of play therapy. Clear and marvelously simple, this manual
will be an invaluable addition to any professional's or student's
library.
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Reaching children through play therapy: An
experimental approach
By Carol Crowell Norton and Byron Norton
Book Description:
One of the most popular and widely used texts on the subject, Reaching
Children Through Play Therapy provides essential instruction and
guidance for beginning and experienced therapists. An in-depth
exploration of the techniques of play therapy and an insightful
discussion of the symbolic meaning and metaphor of play, this text is a
must-have resource for therapists and parents alike.
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Short term play therapy for children
By Heidi Kaduson
Book Description:
Play therapy can be enormously beneficial to children facing a
wide range of psychological problems and stressful life
situations. This practical volume presents a variety of play
approaches that facilitate children's healing in a shorter time
frame. Ideal for practitioners working within managed care, the
book describes effective short-term methods for working with
individual children, families, and groups. Chapters feature
session-by-session guidelines and lively clinical illustrations
that bring diverse techniques and theoretical orientations to
life. Strategies are provided for addressing such difficulties as
fears and phobias, grief, behavior problems, ADHD, and the effects
of sexual abuse. Also covered are short-term interventions for
teen parents and their children, children in divorced or adoptive
families, and those whose families are affected by chronic
illness.
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School-based play therapy
By Athena Drewes
Book description:
An essential guide that focuses on play therapy in schools. This
landmark reference presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy
in preschool and elementary school settings to help children
prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties. Coedited by three
experts in the field, School-Based Play Therapy offers school
counselors, psychologists, teachers, and social workers the latest
techniques to help them develop their own creative approaches to
utilizing the therapeutic powers of play.
Beginning with an overview that addresses multicultural concerns,
a description of play instruments, and observational techniques,
this practice-oriented book explains how to implement play therapy
in schools, with solid advice on gaining acceptance from other
staff members and administration. Covering both individual and
group play therapy, it clearly describes proven approaches such as
child-centered play therapy, Theraplay, sandplay, and art
exercises. The thorough treatment of the subject combined with the
contributors� incomparable expertise makes this an essential
volume for all mental health professionals working in schools.
Describes play therapy approaches for special populations, such as
sexually abused children, ADD/ADHD, children of divorce, and
others Includes innovative play therapy programs and tools and
outlines how to construct portable play kits and set up a play
space.
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Play therapy with children in crisis:
Individual, group and family treatment
By Nancy Boyd Webb
Book description:
Completely revised and updated, the second edition of this popular
casebook and text focuses on the treatment of children who have
experienced such stressful situations as parental death or
divorce, abuse and neglect, HIV/AIDS in the family, community
violence, tragic accidents, and war. A variety of play therapy
methods are presented, including art, storytelling, doll-play,
group art activities, and games. Structured for optimal use in
teaching and training, each in-depth case study is accompanied by
an up-to-date literature review, a case summary, an assessment and
treatment plan, and thoughtful discussion questions and role play
exercises. New features in the second edition include coverage of
a broader variety of crisis situations, including the effects of
wars and terrorist attacks; follow-up reports of six teenagers
originally seen in therapy as children; methods for preventing the
secondary traumatization of therapists; and four chapters showing
how group treatment can be utilized either as a primary
intervention, or in conjunction with individual and family
treatment.
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Innovations in play therapy
By Garry Landreth
Book review:
(Book News, Inc) This work
addresses topics commonly left out of other play therapy texts. It
examines not only medication, legal, and ethical issues, but also
discusses play as a diagnostic tool, play therapy with traumatized
children in a crisis situation, and play therapy with special
populations such as autistic and chronically ill children,
selective mute children, the elderly, and with adult DID clients
with child alters. It details innovative procedures in group play
therapy, and overviews the practice of traveling play therapists
in schools. Landreth is the founder and director of the Center for
Play Therapy.
Book description:
This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting
short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent
results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of
aggressive acting-out children, autistic children, chronically ill
children, traumatized children, selective mute children,
disassociative identity disorder adults with child alters, and the
elderly.
The book addresses such vital issues as how play therapy helps
children, confidentiality in working with children, how to work
with parents, and what the play therapist needs to know about
medications for children. The difficult dimension of diagnosis is
clarified through specific descriptions of how the play therapist
can use play behaviors to diagnose physical abuse, sexual abuse,
and emotional maladjustment in children.
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More creative interventions for troubled children and youth
By Linda
Lowenstein
Book description:
Liana Lowenstein's exciting new book presents more creative
interventions to engage, assess, and treat children, youth, and
families. Games, art, music, role-plays, and stories are used to
help reach resistant clients and enable them to identify and
express feelings, manage anger, develop social skills, and enhance
self-esteem. This book also includes a special section on managing
challenging client behavior. More Creative Interventions is an
essential resource for practitioners seeking to add new and
innovative counseling activities to their repertory.
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