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.
Doak, S., & Wallace, N. (1975). The Doctors Wear Pajamas: Child life program of Yale-New Haven Hospital. Journal of the Association for the Care of Children in Hospitals, 3, 8-13. |
Trostle, S. (1988). The effects of child-centered group play sessions on the social-emotional growth of three to six year old bilingual Puerto-Rican children. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 3, 93-106. |
Baggerly, J., & Parker, M. (2005). Child-centered group play therapy with African American boys at the elementary school level. Journal of Counseling & Development, 83, 387-396. |
Barlow, K., Strother, J., & Landreth, G. (1986). Sibling group play therapy: An effective alternative with an elective mute child. School Counselor, 34, 44-50. |
Axline, V. (1955). Group therapy as a means of self discovery for parents and children. Group Psychotherapy, 8, 152-160. |
Axline, V. (1948). Play therapy and race conflict in young children. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 43, 300-310. |
Danger, S., & Landreth, G. (2005). Child-centered group play therapy with children with speech difficulties. International Journal of Play Therapy, 14, 81-102. |
Scott, T. A., Burlingame, G., Starling, M., & Porter, C. (2003). Effects of individual client-centered play therapy on sexual abused children's mood, self-concept, and social competence. International journal of play therapy, 12, 7-30. |
Moulin, E. (1970). The effects of client-centered group counseling using play media on the intelligence, achievement, and psycholinguistic abilities of underachieving primary school children. Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 5, 85-98. |
Smith, D. (1995). Considerations for the formation of a client-centered play therapy group. Texas Association for Play Therapy, 3, . |
Johnson, B., Franklin, L. C., Hall, K., & Prieto, L. R. (2000). Parent training through play: Parent-child interaction therapy with a hyperactive child. The Family Journal, 8, 180-186. |
Johnson, B. D., Crane, S. C. M., & Takekawa, L. (2004). Communication both sides of the mirror: Helping a family cope with a traumatic brain. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy, 12, 178-183. |
Shmukler, D., & Neveh, I. (1984-85). Structured vs. unstructured play training with economically disadvantaged preschoolers. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 4, 293-304. |
Kim, Y. S. (2005). A case study of an animal assisted play therapy with two autistic children. The Korean Journal of Counseling, 6, 485-497. |
Swank, J. M., Cheung, C., Prikhidko, A., & Su, Y. W. (2017). Nature-based child-centered group play therapy and beharioral concerns: A single case design. International Journal of Play Therapy , 26, 45-57. |
Newell, H. (1941). Play therapy in child psychiatry. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 11, 245-251. |
Green, C. (1974). Understanding children's needs through therapeutic play. Nursing, 4, 31-32. |
Baggerly, J., & Jenkins, W. W. (2009). The effectiveness of child-centered play therapy on developmental and diagnostic factors in children who are homeless. International Journal of Play Therapy, 18, 45-55. |
Schmidtchen, S., Hennies, S., & Acke, H. (1993). To kill 2 birds with one stone: Evaluating the hypothesis of a two fold effectiveness of client-centered play therapy. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 40, 34-42. |
Dopfner, M., Schluter, S., & Rey, E. (1981). Evaluation of a social skills training program for unassertive children aged 9 to 12: A treatment comparison. Zeitschrift fur Kinder und Jungendpsychiatrie, 9, 233-252. |