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| Introduction | |
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| An Overview of FT and GFT | |
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| The history of FT | |
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| The theoretical underpinnings of FT | |
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| Research in FT | |
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| An overview of the rationale, goals, and aims of FT | |
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| Group Filial Therapy | |
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| The overall structure of a GFT program | |
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| Clinical issues when starting a GFT program: leaders | |
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| Clinical issues when starting a GFT program: families | |
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| Scheduling weekly meetings | |
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| The Selection of Suitable Participants and the Intake Process for GFT | |
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| The selection process in GFT | |
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| General selection issues | |
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| The intake process for GFT | |
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| Guidelines for Conducting Successful GFT Groups | |
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| General leadership skills required for GFT | |
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| Maximizing success in skills practice | |
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| Leading discussions in GFT | |
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| Additional group inclusion issues for leaders | |
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| Two particular challenges for GFT leaders | |
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| The Main Skills Parents Learn in GFT | |
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| The main play therapy skills for GFT | |
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| focusing on children's feelings and actions-empathy, empathic responding and tracking | |
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| following children's lead | |
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| structuring play sessions | |
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| limiting children's behavior | |
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| Starting the GFT Program: Meeting 1 121 | |
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| Beginning GFT | |
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| Providing an overview of FT | |
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| Demonstration of a play session | |
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| The second half of the meeting | |
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| Technical and practical issues | |
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| Starting Play Demonstrations and Skills Learning: Meeting 2 | |
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| The second meeting | |
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| Discussion of demos | |
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| Discussion of the leaders' interactions during the demos | |
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| Continuing Demonstrations and Skills Practice: Meeting 3 | |
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| The third meeting | |
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| Beginning skills training | |
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| Continuing Demonstrations and Skills Practice: Meeting 4 | |
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| Skills training: following children's lead | |
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| Skills training: structuring | |
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| Skills training: limit setting | |
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| Preparing for mock sessions | |
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| Mock Play Sessions and Preparation for Practice Play Sessions: Meeting 5 | |
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| Conducting mock sessions | |
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| Formal discussion of mock play sessions | |
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| Preparation for next meeting's practice play sessions | |
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| Beginning Practice Play Sessions: Meetings 6-7 | |
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| Considerations for leaders during this phase of the program | |
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| Parents' first play sessions | |
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| Parents' Second Practice Play Sessions: Meetings 8-10 | |
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| Second practice play sessions | |
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| Special issues for leaders during this phase of GFT | |
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| Preliminary discussion of toys and equipment | |
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| Further preparation for home sessions | |
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| Transition to Home Play Sessions: Meetings 11-12 | |
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| Readiness of parents for home sessions | |
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| Preparations for home sessions and their impact on children and family life | |
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| Special issues arising for parents in home sessions | |
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| Meeting 12: processing first home play sessions with the group | |
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| Preparing parents for subsequent meetings | |
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| Early Home Ploy Sessions: Meetings 13-15 | |
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| Early home sessions | |
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| Addressing parents' competence in early home sessions | |
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| Including toddlers, teenagers and other auxiliary children in home sessions | |
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| Play themes | |
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| Common challenges arising in home play sessions | |
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| Generalizing Play Session Skills and Preparation for Ending: Meetings 16-19 | |
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| Generalizing play skills to daily life | |
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| Steps in training parents to generalize their skills | |
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| Preparing the group for ending the 20-week program | |
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| An extended example of group decision making on ending | |
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| Format for Meeting 19 | |
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| Ending the GFT Program: Meeting 20 | |
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| Marking the ending | |
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| Evaluation of the program | |
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| Adaptations of the 20-Week GFT Program | |
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| GFT criteria for adapted programs | |
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| Guerney GFT 10-week program-Designer: L. Guemey | |
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| Bradford UK GFT Fostering Program-Designer: P Wilkinson | |
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| Caplin & Pernet GFT 12-session program-Designers: K. Pernet and W. Caplan | |
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| Chillery & Ryan 12-week GFT program-Designers: R. Chillery and V Ryan | |
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| College Park GFT program-Designers: P Higgins and S. Gold | |
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| Landreth & Bratton 10-session GFT model: Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)-Designers: G. Landreth and S. Bratton | |
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| Ortwein "Mastering the Magic of Play" program-Designer: M. Ortwein | |
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| VanFleet and Sniscak GFT program for children with trauma/attachment problems-Designers: R. VanFleet and C. Sniscak | |
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| Walker & Wright Head Start program-Designers: J. Walker and C. Wright | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Recommended Resources for Leaders | |
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| Setting Up a New GFT Program Within an Organization | |
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| Information for Agency Intake Professionals and Referrers Who are Not GFT Leaders | |
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| General Leaflet on the X Program for Interested Parents | |
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| Letter Arranging the GFT Assessment Phase for Interested Families | |
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| Family Play Observation Hypotheses Suggestions for Leaders | |
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| Sample Confirmation Letter to Parents | |
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| Creating an Informal Group Atmosphere at the Outset | |
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| Sample GFT Videotaping Consent Form | |
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| Participating Children's Leaflet | |
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| Overview of Filial Therapy | |
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| Handout for Parents on the Structure of the GFT Program | |
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| Leaders' Agendas for Each Meeting of the 20-Week Program | |
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| Information for Parents on Preparing their Children for the X Program | |
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| Parents' Training Manual for P1Ay Sessions | |
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| Form for Leaders' Direct Supervision Notes of Practice Sessions | |
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| Suggested Materials List for Home Sessions | |
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| Form for Parents' Written Recording of Home Sessions | |
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| Leaders' Checklist for Home Play Session Arrangements | |
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| Parents' Report Form on "Special Times" | |
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| A Suggested Evaluation Form for Ending the GFT Program | |
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| References | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Author Index | |