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.
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Webb, N. B. (2011). Play therapy for bereaved children: Adapting stratgies to community, school, and home settings. School Psychology International, 32, 132-143. |
Lambert, C. (1945). Play school: The doorway to a child's world. Understanding the Child, 14, 6-11. |
Buse, S., Cole, J., Rubin, T., & Fletcher, R. (1988). Involving rural nonhandicapped children in teaching social interaction skills to behavior disordered multiply handicapped elementary students. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 9, 27-32. |
Abernethy, W. (1947). Concepts of play. Theory into Practice, 13, 311-316. |
Bornstein, M. H., & Tamis-LeMonda, C. S. (1995). Parent-child symbolic play: Three theories in search of an effect. Developmental Review, 15, 382-400. |
Yoshikawa, M.L. (1999). The return of spring for adolescent girl. Journal of Sandplay Therapy, 8, 119-127. |
Peoples, C. (1979). Fair play therapy: A new perspective. Journal of Psychology, 102, 113-117. |
Lebo, D. (1955). The relationship of play to play therapy. Journal of Educational and Psychology Baroda, 13, 114-121. |
Conner, J., Kelly-Vance, L., Ryalls, B., & Friehe, M. (2014). A play and language intervention for two-year-old children: implications for improving play skills and language. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 28, 221-237. |
Brody, V. (1978). Developmental play: A relationship-focused program for children. Child Welfare, 57, 591-599. |
Mastrangelo, S. (2009). Play and the child with autism spectrum disorder: From possibilities to practice. International Journal of Play Therapy, 18, 13-30. |
Lovaas, O., Baer, D., & Bijou, S. (1965). Experimental procedures for analyzing the interaction of symbolic social stimuli and children's behavior. Child Development, 36, 237-247. |
Taneja, V., Sriram, S., Beri, R. S., Sreenivas, V., Sggarwal, R., Kaur, R., & Puliyel, J. M. (2002). Not by bread alone: Impact of a structured 90 minute play session on development of children in an orphanage. Child Care, Health and Development, 28, 95-100. |
Bernard-Opitz, V., Ing, S., & Kong, T. Y. (2004). Comparison of behavioural and natural play interventions for young children with autism. Autism, 8, 319-333. |
Bruner, J. (1986). Play, thought and language. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 16, 77-83. |
Kestly, T. A. (2016). Presence and play: Why mindfulness matters. International Journal of Play Therapy, 25, 14-23. |
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