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Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!
Appendix
A - Instructor's Handouts
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Play Therapy: Getting Kids and their Families Involved in the Action Suzanne
begges-White, Phb, LMHC, LPC-NC, NCC Kim Harrison M.S. Ed.
Using
Art-Based Interventions "The Family Fish Bowl - this
activity invites participation from alt family members simultaneously as they
create a drawing that reflects their self-images and relationships to each other
using the concept of a "family aquarium". "Color
Your Life this activity invites children to choose colors that reflect their feelings
and then they use the colors to illustrate how they feel about issues or events
they are facing or experiencing. "Mandalas" - this
activity involves the use of pre-printed mandala drawing sheets and allows clients
the opportunity to choose colors and patterns for their work. Using
Story-Tellinq and Narrative Therapy "Re-Telling the
Story" - this is an intervention in which the counselor helps clients reframe
experiences in such a way that negative events are ref ramed to reflect more positive
outcomes. "Animal Families" - this intervention invites
each family member to describe each other as specific animals and then invites
the family members to share their reactions and feelings about the projected labels Using
Music and Games "Communication Sounds Like..."
- this intervention utilizes hand-held musical instruments and requires that the
family communicate via "music and sounds" rather than words during the
duration of the intervention. The family can either choose or be given instruments
chosen by the counselor, and then the counselor encourages them to show how they
currently communicate. After processing the current patterns of family communication,
the counselor invites the family to trade instruments if desired, then to practice
new ways of communicating that reflect the changes they feel they need to make
in the family. "Popping Problem? - this intervention is
designed to be used with a group and requires the each child think about the problems
they are having that are causing them the most distress (i.e., poor behavior in
different settings, lack of friends etc). They then use markers to write down
their problems on inflated balloons. The group brainstorms solutions for each
other, then the child is asked to "pop the problem" by choosing which
solution they will try, then they can pop the balloon. ___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ The
Portable Play Therapist If you must travel from client
to client or office to office, here is a list of items that can easily be carried
in a "makeshift dollhouse," so that you are prepared to offer the benefits
of play therapy in any setting: 1. crayons, newsprint &
blunt scissors 2. nursing bottle (plastic), 3. rubber knife 4. doll 5.
clay or Play-Doh 6. dart gun 7. handcuffs 8. toy soldiers 9. two play
dishes and cups (plastic or tin), 10. spoons (avoid forks because of sharp
points) 11. small airplane 12. small car 13. Lone Ranger-type mask 14.
Nerf ball (a rubber ball bounces too much), 15. bendable Gumby (nondescript
figure) 16. Popsicle sticks 17. pipe cleaners, 18. cotton rope 19.
telephone 20. aggressive hand puppet (afligator, wolf, or aragon) 21. bendable
doll family, doll house furniture (at least bedroom, kitchen, bathroom) 22.
a small cardboard box with rooms marked on the bottom (cut door in one side and
window in 23. another; doubles as storage container for toys) 24. transparent
tape 25. costume jewelry ___________________________________________________________________________
SELECTED READINGS Allan, J. (1988).
Inscapes of the child's world: Jungian counseling in schools and clinics. Dallas: Spring
Publications. Axline, V. (1964). Dibs in search of self New York: Ballantine. Bleck,
R.T., & Bleck, B.L. (1982). The disruptive child's play group. Elementary
School Guidance & Counseling, 17, 137-141. Campbell, C.A. (Ed.) (1993).
The use of play in counseling children (special edition). Elementary School Guidance
& Cozrnseling, 28. Drewes, A.A., Carey, L.J., & Schaefer, C.E. (Eds.)
(2001). School-based play therapy. New York: Wiley. Freeman, J., Epston,
D., & Lobovits, D. (1997). Playful approaches to serious problems: Narrative
therapy with children and their families. New York: Norton. Frost, J.L., Wortham,
S.C., & Reifel, S. (2005). Play and child development (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle
River, N.J: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall. Gil, E. (1991). The healing power
ofplay: Working with abused children. New York: Guilford. Gil, E. (1994). Play
in family therapy. New York: Guilford. Gitlin-Weiner, K., Sandgrund, A., &
Schaefer, C. (Ed.). (2000). Play diagnosis and assessment (2nd ed.). New York:
Wiley. Gladding, S.T. (1993). The therapeutic use of play in counseling: An
overview. Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 31, 106-115. Homeyer,
L.E., & Sweeney, D.S. (1998). Sandtray: apractical manual. Canyon Lake, TX:
Lindan Press James, 0.0. (1997). Play therapy: A comprehensive guide. New York:
Aronson. James, B. (1994). Handbook for treatment of attachment-trauma problems
in children. New York: Free Press. Kaduson, H.G., Cangelosi, D., & Schaefer,
C. (Eds.) (1997). 101 favorite play therapy techniques. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. Knell,
S.M (1993). Cognitive behavioral play therapy. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. Landreth,
G.L. (Ed.) (1982). Play therapy: Dynamics of the process of counseling with children.
Springfield, IL: Thomas. Landreth, G.L. (1987). Play therapy: Facilitative
use of child's play in elementary school counseling. Elementary School Guidance
& Counseling, 22, 253-261. Landreth, G.L. (2001). Innovations in play therapy:
Issues, process, and special populations. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge. Landreth,
G.L. (2002). Play therapy: The art of the relationship 2nd ed.). New York: BrunnerRoutledge. Landreth,
G.L., Homeyer, L.E., Glover, G., & Sweeney, D.S. (1996). Play therapy interventions
with children 's problems. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. McGuire, G.K., & McGuire,
D.E. (2001). Linking parents to play therapy: a practical guide with applications,
interventions, and case studies. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge. Schaeffer,
C., & Carey, L. (Eds.) (1994). Family play therapy. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. Singer,
DO. (1993). Playing for their lives: Helping troubled children through play therapy.
New York: Free Press. Sweeney, D.S., & Homeyer, L.E. (Eds.) (1999). The
handbook of group play therapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Webb, N.B. (Ed.)
(1999). Play therapy with children in crisis: A case book for practitioners (2nd
ed.). New York: Guilford.
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