Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
I. Play-Based Prevention Programs
Clinical and Developmental Issues in Psychotherapy With
Preschool Children: Laying the Groundwork for Play
Therapy
—Julie Blundon Nash and Charles E. Schaefer
Evidence Supporting the Benefit of Play for Mild to Moderate
Behavior Problems of Preschool Children
—Charles E. Schaefer
Play Therapy for Insecurely Attached Preschool
Children
—Helen E. Benedict and Diana Schofield
II. Play Interventions for Internalizing Disorders
Posttraumatic Parenting: A Parent–Child Dyadic Treatment for
Young Children's Posttraumatic Adjustment
—Janine Shelby, Claudia Avina, and Heather Warnick
Filial Play Therapy for Grieving Preschool Children
—Hilda R. Glazer
Strategic Play Therapy Techniques for Anxious
Preschoolers
—Paris Goodyear-Brown
Use of Play in Child–Parent Psychotherapy With Preschoolers
Traumatized by Domestic Violence
—Manuela A. Diaz and Alicia F. Lieberman
Cognitive–Behavioral Play Therapy for Preschoolers: Integrating
Play and Cognitive–Behavioral Interventions
—Susan M. Knell and Meena Dasari
III. Play Interventions for Externalizing Disorders
Role of Sociodramatic Play in Promoting
Self-Regulation
—Katherine A. Gioia and Renée M. Tobin
Parent–Child Interaction Therapy
—Corissa L. Callahan, Monica L. Stevens, and Sheila Eyberg
Jungian Sandplay Therapy for Preschoolers With Disruptive
Behavior Problems
—Eric J. Green and Kristi Gibbs
Parents, 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 Reid
IV. Play Interventions for Developmental Disorders
From Novice to Expert: Guiding Children on the Autism Spectrum
in Integrated Play Groups
—David Neufeld and Pamela Wolfberg
Teaching Social Skills to Developmentally Delayed
Preschoolers
—Johnny L. Matson and Jill C. Fodstad
Index
About the Editor
About the Author
Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, RPT-S, is cofounder and director
emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy (APT). In 2006, 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 100 professional
articles and 55 books. Among his books are Foundations of Play
Therapy; Handbook of Play Therapy; The Playing Cure; Play Therapy
Techniques; 101 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 &
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.
