Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth

Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth
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Great, useful and creative tools for working with kids

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Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth
Liana Lowenstein
Manufacturer: Champion Press (Canada)
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0968519903

Book Description

This best-selling collection features creative assessment and treatment activities to engage resistant children, youth, and families in counseling. Activities are outlined to help clients address issues such as feelings identification, coping strategies, social skills, and self-esteem, and there is a special section on termination activities. This book is replete with practical tools to help make individual, group, and family counseling sessions engaging and effective. Clinicians interested in this book may also be interested in Liana Lowenstein's latest publication, titled "More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth."

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Highly Reccomended!.......2007-05-25

Great book...I use it again and again. Good adaptations of regular childhood games, good ideas for working with kids in elementary school! Very much worth the price!

Great, useful and creative tools for working with kids.......2007-01-27

I am finding fun ways to help kids with coping issues and identifying feelings.

Excellent source for any therapist or counselor!.......2007-01-10

This book is really great. It just has very practical ideas and really creative activities. I love how, in a very organized way, it lists the age group for each acitivity, as well as the stage of therapy it is for (beginning, middle or end). It is very clear and understandable and I really like how it has a reference page where everything is listed. I like how a lot of the activities are based around games most therapist will already have, and that they are just tmodified to become a therapy-based game. I also like that the book provides worksheets that can be easily photocopied and used over and over again. This book is really a must for anyone counseling children!

One of the Best.......2007-01-08

This book is really good! I particularly like the fact that it gives the age range that the activity is appropriate for. I have used several of these activities with children and they have enjoyed all of them!!!

Therapists.......2007-01-07

I purchased this book because I am a therapist who works with children and families in crisis. This book has a lot of good stuff in it but buyer beware that a lot of the activities in this book require that you have certain board games etc.

101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques (Child Therapy Series)

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Really useful book.
the on;y play book you'll need
Wide variety of activities
good book for beginning therapists
Great resource!!

101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques (Child Therapy Series)
Heidi Kaduson
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ASIN: 0765702827

Book Description

Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques incorporates methods developed to elicit the best responses

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Really useful book........2007-09-28

This is a really excellent book for anyone involved in Play Therapy. I't's loaded with excellent plans, suggestions, and ideas. I would highly recommend it.

the on;y play book you'll need.......2007-06-27

once you u/s play therapy this is a great book to have for ideas to use w/ children.

Wide variety of activities.......2007-02-06

This book is a wonderful resource! The activities are practical and cover a wide range of topics. Highly recommended!

good book for beginning therapists.......2007-01-16

This book gives great techniques for beginning therapists. You can never have too many activities, especially if you have a wide variety of clients.

Great resource!!.......2006-11-16

Endless creative activities to use with children in counseling. Easy to adapt as well.

Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship

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Extremely useful and well written
New book
This is THE Book for aspiring play therapists!
Clear, concise, engaging introduction to play therapy

Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship
Garry L. Landreth
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Play is to the child what verbalization is to the adult-it is a medium for expressing feelings, exploring relationships, describing experiences and disclosing wishes. Revised and updated, this second edition of the award-winning Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship provides comprehensive and detailed information for creating therapeutic relationships with children and facilitating the play therapy process. Guidelines, transcripts and case examples are provided for governing sensitive issues at every stage of the therapeutic process, from the first meeting to the end of the relationship.

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Extremely useful and well written.......2007-05-13

This book is a must have for any therapist working with children. It brings you into the world of the child and the means of his/her expression.

New book.......2006-07-23

Perfect condition; new book; great packaging and arrived on time. This book cost less than paying my school's book store for it and it was deliever-free!

This is THE Book for aspiring play therapists!.......2005-07-19

I was required to read the book for a class I was completing on Play therapy. It was a very easy read, well organized with a good mixture of research and anecdotal information. What makes the book a truly outstanding resource is Dr. Landreth's very candid insight into the practice of play therapy as well as his willingness to share with the reader his very sincere love and respect for children.

Clear, concise, engaging introduction to play therapy.......1997-06-24

This book is a necessary addition to any therapists library, especially those who are just beginning or are interested in knowing the foundations for therapy with children. Clearly written and well organized, it is easy to read and an invaluable reference. Highly recommended for beginning play therapists

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth

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Easy interventions
Excellent! Highly reccomended
Immediately put to use!
A Wonderful Resource

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth
Liana Lowenstein
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ASIN: 0968519911

Book Description

Liana Lowenstein's exciting new book presents more creative interventions to engage, assess, and treat children, youth, and families. Games, art, music, role-plays, and stories are used to help reach resistant clients and enable them to identify and express feelings, manage anger, develop social skills, and enhance self-esteem. This book also includes a special section on managing challenging client behavior. More Creative Interventions is an essential resource for practitioners seeking to add new and innovative counseling activities to their repertory.

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Easy interventions.......2007-06-03

Awesome book! I've used several of the interventions and they're user friendly and kid responsive.

Excellent! Highly reccomended.......2007-05-25

This is a resource you will go back to again and again. Lots of helpful techniques, ways to adapt common chidhood games...well worth the money if you counsel elementary school kids. Content probably too young for kids over 13.

Immediately put to use!.......2006-11-26

This is a book that a therapist can put to use immediately. It is extemely well-organized:
-chapters divided by topics
-a chart indicating activities for each stage of therapy, modality and age
-clear directions included with each activity

Many of the pages are reproducible, and most of the activities require materials that are easy to find. Best of all, the activities are clearly therapeutic!

My only complaint (and it's minor so I'm not removing any stars) is that several activities involve candy. Since I work with elementary students in a district that has implemented the federal nutrition guidelines, I cannot give students candy nor can I give any food as a reward. Some of those activities can be "tweaked" so that I give stickers instead. However, that's a very minor point, and overall, the book is a fabulous resource!

Don't miss Paper Dolls and Paper Airplanes, a similar book co-authored by Lowenstein, that contains extensive activities for pre-schoolers, elementary children and teens who have been sexually abused.

A Wonderful Resource.......2004-04-04

This book is perfect for anyone working with at-risk children and adolescents. As a child therapist, I found that the activities helped to engage even children who are highly reluctant to engage in therapy. There are a wide variety of activities in the book that range in age from preschool to teenager and address just about every treatment issue you could think of. Most important, the activities are fun for the kids while also being therapeutic. I would highly recommend this book-- it's worth every penny.

Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play

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It is very helpful.
A book to refer back to again and again!
This book offers elegant solutions to complex problems.

Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play
Ann Jernberg
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass Publishers
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ASIN: 0787943029

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Increasing a child's competence and trust

Attachment-based play can help build the intimacy that creates the healthy parent-child interactions that are so vital to a child's development. This is especially true for children how are troubled by emotional or learning difficulties. The thoroughly revised second edition of the author's classic work Theraplay offers clear, easily understood guidelines for professionals and parents to a dynamic and proven approach for treating children with attachment and relationship problems.

Based on the work of the founder of the renowned Theraplay Institute in Chicago, this new book explores how to use play to communicate love and authority and shows how this effective form of treatment increases a child's competence and trust. A comprehensive resource, the book offers effective techniques for working with special populations including children who have been adopted or are in foster care, victims of trauma or abuse, and youngsters with autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Written in a clear and instructive style, Theraplay is an excellent guide for both parents and professionals who work with children.

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It is very helpful........2007-03-31

This has many wonderful suggestions for working with children and parents.

A book to refer back to again and again!.......1999-06-28

I can not say enough positive things about this outstanding book. As a child therapist, who works with many children in the foster care system and increasing numbers of adopted children, Theraplay has become the single most important tool in my repertoire of therapy modalities. It is very exciting to find a method of working with children that offers practical and impactful strategies to try, which are very different from what you may already be doing. I have also attended the Theraplay trainings at the Theraplay Institute in Chicago and am near completion of the Theraplay Certification process. Even if I am not using Theraplay with a particular child, the foundation and understanding of attachment that this model has given me pervade my work. Parents of children that I am using Theraplay with often report dramatic progress in their child's behavior and attachment to them in a short period of time. One father of an internationally adopted child that I am using Theraplay with said it best. He stated, "We finally came to realize that our child was not going to be able to fully benefit from all the supportive services we were taking him to (including occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy) until he was able to form an attachment with us. Theraplay has allowed that attachment to form and we are now seeing much more progress in other areas of development."

The model of using parents as co-therapists, as presented in the book, is very empowering to parents and the parents I use Theraplay with have many positive comments to say about this. One foster/adoptive mother recently told me she thinks that every foster or adoptive parent should be required to learn Theraplay. She adds "It has given me a whole new understanding of my adopted children and their needs."

Theraplay is not only useful for children with attachment and bonding difficulties, but I have found it particularly useful for children diagnosed with ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. This is a comprehensive book that you will refer back to again and again.

This book offers elegant solutions to complex problems........1999-06-13

Jernberg and Booth explore attachment beginning in the nursery, what it looks like when all goes well and when it doesn't. Difficult concepts are presented in ways that make them highly accessable. The beauty of this work, is in the solutions that are offered. As I read this book, I found my self saying repeatedly, "this make too much sense." After reading Theraplay, I registered for the next training offered in Chicago. Anyone working with children in most any capacity would benefit from this well researched, time-tested work. Reading this book and attending the training has had a tremendous, positive impact on my work as a child therapist.

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Play Diagnosis And Assessment
Charles Schaefer
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The leading resource on identifying children's problems through play therapy—completely revised The first edition of Play Diagnosis and Assessment was the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis and assessment of children through play. Over the past several years, numerous changes within the field have encouraged the development of improved techniques that surpass traditional assessment protocols and methods, such as new scales, more focused procedures, and instruments with higher levels of reliability and validity than have been previously established. Now, this classic book has been updated to address and reflect these ongoing changes. Focusing on the needs of the clinician, this new edition presents empirically tested diagnostic tools and describes improvements to existing play therapy assessment instruments, such as new testing instruments for time-limited therapy and early intervention assessment tools for young children. The book is divided into six sections:

Developmental Play Assessments
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The procedures described in each section target a variety of ages and populations, representing some of the most valuable, informative, and sensitive contributions to the field. Integrating formal research with clinical methods, Play Diagnosis and Assessment, Second Edition is the definitive resource for clinicians dedicated to the identification of children's problems and the best ways to intervene through the lighthearted and productive use of play therapy.

Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches

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Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches
Eliana Gil
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Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family therapy. Eliana Gil demonstrates how to tailor treatment to the needs of each child by using both directive and nondirective approaches. Throughout, practical clinical examples illustrate ways to target trauma-related symptomatology while also helping children process painful feelings and memories that are difficult to verbalize. The book concludes with four in-depth cases that bring to life the unique situation of each child and family, the decision making process of the therapist, and the applications of developmentally informed, creative, and flexible interventions.

101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques (Child Therapy Series)

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A Valuable Resource
good tool

101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques (Child Therapy Series)
Heidi Schaefer, Charles Kaduson
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Separated into seven categories for easy reference, the techniques within each chapter are applied to practice situations in a concise format for easy reference and use. The interventions illustrated include Storytelling, to enhance verbalizations in chi

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A Valuable Resource.......2005-07-08

This book is a wonderful tool to use in developing groups for children and adolescents. Some of the activities are therapeutic in and of themselves, and others are useful for generating discussion on a number of topics. Innovative and easy to follow, I highly reccomend this book.

good tool.......2004-03-02

I have ordered the book, and although it will take while to come, I have recieved exerpts of activities from this book and I find it EXTREMLY helpful! The other volumes of this book are just as helpful. There are plenty of ideas and some work well with all different populations and ages.

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School-Based Play Therapy
Athena A., Ed. Drews
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An essential guide that focuses on play therapy in schools

This landmark reference presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy in preschool and elementary school settings to help children prevent or resolve psychosocial difÃžculties. Coedited by three experts in the Ãželd, School-Based Play Therapy offers school counselors, psychologists, teachers, and social workers the latest techniques to help them develop their own creative approaches to utilizing the therapeutic powers of play.

Beginning with an overview that addresses multicultural concerns, a description of play instruments, and observational techniques, this practice-oriented book explains how to implement play therapy in schools, with solid advice on gaining acceptance from other staff members and administration. Covering both individual and group play therapy, it clearly describes proven approaches such as child-centered play therapy, Theraplay, sandplay, and art exercises. The thorough treatment of the subject combined with the contributors' incomparable expertise makes this an essential volume for all mental health professionals working in schools.

Describes play therapy approaches for special populations, such as sexually abused children, ADD/ADHD, children of divorce, and others
Includes innovative play therapy programs and tools
Outlines how to construct portable play kits and set up a play space

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Second Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment

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Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Second Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment
good overview for beginners
good overview for new professionals

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Second Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment

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This popular casebook and text focuses on the treatment of children who have experienced such stressful situations as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, HIV/AIDS in the family, community violence, tragic accidents, and war. Play therapy methods presented include art, storytelling, doll-play, group art activities, and games. Each in-depth case study is accompanied by an up-to-date literature review, a case summary, an assessment and treatment plan, and discussion questions. The second edition also features follow-up reports of six teenagers originally seen in therapy as children.

Customer Reviews:

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, Second Edition: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment.......2007-03-09

It was cheap and brand new!

good overview for beginners.......2000-07-04

boyd does a nice job of providing solid overviews of major crises that impact the lives of children, such as abuse, illness, divorce. however, the book doesn't provide in-depth coverage of any individual topic. for those just starting out, the book gives a good general idea of assessment, treatment planning, and some specific techniques for use with this population. however, for those with more advanced skills, the book falls short of providing information that will enhance practice. an excellent grad school textbook, or for those who lack experience with this population. the book does provide good tools for use in assessment, and does cover the assessment process in depth. the chapter on childhood bereavement is particularly good.

good overview for new professionals.......2000-06-30

good general overview of how to treat children whove experienced a crisis. the material on assessment is very helpful and detailed. each chapter is writen by an expert in a particular area of childhood crisis. since the book covers so many potential sources of trauma, there isn't really as much in-depth coverage of each topic as i would've liked to see. the book seems to be geared more to entry level professionals than to those experienced in dealing with childhood crisis and trauma.

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