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Therapeutic Powers of Play

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ISBN-10: 1568217943

ISBN-13: 9781568217949

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charles E. Schaefer

List price: $63.95
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Premise is that play itself has a number of therapeutic elements that produce behavior change.
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Book details

List price: $63.95
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/28/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Heidi Gerard Kaduson, PhD, specializes in evaluation and intervention services for children with a variety of behavioral, emotional, and learning problems. She is past president of the International Association for Play Therapy and codirector of The Play Therapy Training Institute, Inc. She has lectured internationally on play therapy, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and learning disabilities. Widely published, Dr. Kaduson maintains a private practice in child psychotherapy in Hightstown, New Jersey. Charles E. Schaefer, PhD, a nationally renowned child psychologist, is Professor of Psychology and director of the Center for Psychological Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University…    

Contributors
Preface
What Is Play and Why Is It Therapeutic?
Overcoming Resistance
Self-Expressive Communication
Play and the Growth of Competence
Creative Problem Solving
Catharsis
Abreaction
Role Play
Fantasy and Visualization
Learning by Metaphor
Attachment Formation
Relationship Enhancement
Play and Positive Emotion
Mastery of Childhood Fears
Game Play
Afterword
Index