| Empirically Based Play Interventions for
Children is a compilation of innovative, well-designed play interventions, presented
for the first time in one text. Play therapy is the oldest and most popular form of child
therapy in clinical practice and is widely considered by practitioners to be uniquely
responsive to children's developmental needs. Play
promotes normal child development and can help alleviate emotional and behavioral
difficulties. Even so, play-based interventions have often been criticized for the lack of
an empirical base to prove their efficacy. In an era of cost-containment, the need to
provide evidence of the effectiveness of interventions is increasingly important in order
to gain the general acceptance of third-party payers, mental health professionals, and
consumers.
This book answers the call from professional and
managed-care organizations for research-based treatment methods with proven efficacy. It
describes a range of play interventions that feature flexibility in service delivery and
across settings, child populations and age groups.
The editors and their contributors detail vital treatment
components, including interventions that accommodate the developmental level of the child,
target functional behaviors and competencies in children and parents, use psychometrically
sound and clinically sensitive outcome assessments, and define successful outcomes by
statistically meaningful methods.
Clinicians and researchers alike will benefit from this
landmark text and will gain a fuller understanding of the key ingredients for developing
future play interventions.
February 2005
Hardcover
296 Pages
ORDER CODE: APA4317066B
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