Did you know that CPT houses the world’s largest play therapy library? We have collected thousands of books, articles, dissertations, and more on play therapy and child development. This library is available to anyone on the University of North Texas campus, but our goal is to make it available to anyone in the world through our new online database, PlayLit. PlayLit is a searchable, user friendly database that you can use to find anything you need to know about play therapy. Right now, you can access the APA references for every entry in our library. To find the full length articles, you can copy and paste the reference or the DOI into your web browser or your university’s online library search bar (some entries will be open access and can viewed by all users, while other entries may require payment or special access through memberships). PlayLit is the best place to start your research into play therapy and child development.
Ohnogi, A. (1996). The use of play therapy in treatment: Its role with aggressive and undercontrolled prelatency-aged children (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Stiber, J. A. (1992). The effect of play therapy on the temper tantrums of a seven year old boy (Master's thesis). Retrieved from Masters Abstracts International. |
Murray, H. L. (). The effects of play therapy and supportive counseling on a child with psychiatric and behavioral problems (Unpublished master's thesis). |
Paul, R. (1994). Background interpretation with a child placed under government protection by means of play therapy (Master's thesis). Retrieved from Masters Abstracts International. |
De Stefano, T. J. (1982). Family therapy compared to individual play therapy in the treatment of young children for behavioral and emotional problems (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Brandt, M. A. (2001). An investigation of the efficacy of play therapy with young children (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Rogers, A. L. (1974). Observations of personal distance in play therapy with an autistic and a symbiotic psychotic child (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Adams, L. G. (2004). Participation in expressive movement play therapy: Effects of socio-communicative functioning in children with autism (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Maher, B. L. (). Interpreting play therapy with children diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder or PDD-NOS: An exploratory story (Unpublished master's thesis). |
Deutsch, M. (1978). The development of a diagnostic play procedure for developmentally disabled children (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Bowling, D. W. (1989). A comparative study of parents and graduate students trained to conduct play therapy with mentally retarded children (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Sherwood, S. N. (1981). Play psychotherapy with socially maladaptive mentally retarded children using same-age and younger-age peers as therapists (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Myers, D. G. (1971). A comparison of the effects of group puppet therapy and group activity with mentally retarded children (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Cloonan, J. (1973). Modified play therapy with withdrawn severely and profoundly retarded adolescents (Master's thesis). Retrieved from Masters Abstracts International. |
Pfeiffer, M. D. (). A report on play therapy with a mentally retarded emotionally disturbed child (Unpublished master's thesis). |
Warren, S. (). Parent-Child Interactions with ADHD children: Parental empathy as a predictor of child adjustment (Doctoral dissertation). |
Corrin, E. G. (2004). Child group training versus parent and child group training for young children with ADHD (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Blinn, E. L. (2000). Efficacy of play therapy on problem behaviors of a child with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Vitanza, S. A. (1996). A causal model of parenting distress: Children with attention-deficit hyperacitvity disorder (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Allan, P. O. (1993). Strategies to facilitate peer interactions and sociocentric responses in preschool children with handicaps (Master's thesis). Retrieved from Masters Abstracts International. |