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.
Roopnarine, J. L., & Davidson, K. L. (2015). Parent-child play across cultures. American Journal of Play, 7, 228-252. |
Stagnitti, K. (2004). Understanding play: The implications for play assessment. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 51, 3-12. |
Bos, P. (1968). Play as a diagnostic and therapeutic measure. Ceskoslovenska Pediatrie, 23, 647-651. |
Bordner, G., & Berkley, M. T. (1992, Fall). Educational play: Meeting everyone's needs in mainstreamed classrooms. Childhood Education, 69, 38-40, 42. |
Ginsburg, K. (2007). The importance of play in promoting healthy child development and maintaining strong parent-child bonds. Pediatrics, 119, 182-191. |
Strom, R. D. (1974). Play and family development. Elementary School Journal, 74, 359-368. |
Holt, N. L., Lee, H., Millar, C. A., & Spence, J. C. (2015). Eyes on where children play': A retrospective study of active free play. Children's Geographies, 13, 73-88. |
Frank, L. (1954). Therapeutic play techniques: Play in personality development. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 25, 576-590. |
Dempsey, J., Kelly-Vance, L., & Ryalls, B. (2013). The effect of parent training program on children's play. International Journal of Psychology, 13, 117-138. |
MacLean, G. (1977). Psychic trauma and traumatic neurosis. Play therapy with a four-year-old boy. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 22, 71-76. |
Mook, B. (1998). Imaginative play in child psychotherapy: The relevance of Merleau-Ponty's thought. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 29, 231-248. |
Kaufman, B. A. (1994). Day by day: Playing and learning. International Journal of Play Therapy, 3, 1. |
Clayton, B., & Cole, B. (1977). The light switch as a developmental tool. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 15, 76-77. |
Terr, L. C., McDermoott, J. F., Benson, R. M., Blos, P., Jr., Deeney, J. M., Rogers, R. R., & Zrull, J. P. (2005). Moments in psychotherapy. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiarty, 44, 191-197. |
Terr, L. C., Deeney, J. M., Drell, M., & Dodson, J. W., & Gaensbauer, T. J., & Massie, H., Minde, K., Stewart, G., Stewart, T., & Winters, N. C. (2006). Playful moments in psychotherapy. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiarty, 45, 604-613. |
Terr, L. C., Abright, A. R., Brody, M., Donner, S., Eth, S., Fine, L., Fornari, V., Jetmalani, A., Livingston, R., Powers, J. H., & Robson, K. (2006). When formulation outweighs diagnosis: 13 moments in psychotherapy. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiarty, 45, 1252-1263. |
Wood, E. (2008). Everyday play activities as therapeutic and pedagogical encounters. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 10, 111-120. |
Hyde, N. (1971). Play therapy: The troubled child's self-encounter. American Journal of Nursing, 71, 1366-1370. |
Christie, J. (1979). Play training research. Practical Applications of Research, 2, 3. |
Couch, K. J., Deitz, J. C., & Kanny, E. M. (1997). The role of play in pediatric occupational therapy. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52, 111-117. |