Play Therapy Handout

Task: One of the most important tasks that you will embark on in play therapy is having to explain what play therapy is to stakeholders (parents, teachers, etc). Your assigned readings have covered a lot of information about child-centered play therapy. Utilizing the references below, can someone help in creating a one page handout that you would provide to parents and teachers that explains play therapy? The handout should include brief information about play therapy, your ideas about play therapy, as well as other important information such as the goals of play therapy or any other important information.

References:

• Center for Play Therapy. (2015). Play Therapy Playroom Tour at the Center for Play Therapy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZSVQI-Be5c
• Dr. Nick Cornett. (2017). Tour of the Play Therapy Rooms at John Brown University [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXUlOV1JOdY
• Landreth, G. (2023). Play therapy: The art of the relationship (4th ed.). NY: Brunner-Routledge.
• Pam Dyson. (2015). Video Tour of Pam Dyson's Play Therapy Room [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wollqe82HEo
• Ray, D. C., & Landreth, G. L. (2015). Child-centered play therapy. In D. A. Crenshaw & A. L. Stewart (Eds.), Play therapy: A comprehensive guide to theory and practice (pp. 3-16). The Guilford Press.
• routledgetherapy. (2012, May 16). Child-Centered Play Therapy DVD Preview [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIMWOOlR_9g
• Wicks, J., Cubillo, C., Moss, S., Skinner, T., & Schumann, B. (2018). Intensive child-centered play therapy in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. International Journal of Play Therapy, 27(4), 242-255. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000075