Effects of Group Activity Play Therapy on Problem Behaviors of Preadolescent Ugandan Orphans

Ojiambo, Deborah; Bratton, Sue

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00163.x

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“…The present study appears to be the first of its kind to use AdPT as a play therapy intervention for young elementary school children presenting with disruptive behaviors. The findings are consistent with school‐based play therapy studies using CCPT, which reported statistically significant reductions and moderate to large intervention effects for CCPT on students' externalized behavior when compared with a no‐treatment or active control condition (Bratton, ; Bratton et al, ; Flahive & Ray, ; Garza & Bratton, ; Ojiambo & Bratton, in press; Packman & Bratton, ; Ray et al, , ). Like CCPT, AdPT is a developmentally responsive intervention that uses the process of play to allow children's full expression.…”

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“…The majority of school‐based play therapy research focused on the effects of child‐centered play therapy (CCPT) for children referred by teachers or parents because of problem behaviors at school (Bratton, ). Findings from controlled outcome studies support CCPT as an effective nondirective counseling intervention for children who present with a variety of problems in school settings (Baggerly & Bratton, ; Bratton et al, ), including academic achievement (Blanco & Ray, ) and externalized behavior problems in the classroom (Bratton et al, ; Flahive & Ray, ; Garza & Bratton, ; Ojiambo & Bratton, in press; Packman & Bratton, ; Ray, Blanco, Sullivan, & Holliman, ; Ray, Schottelkorb, & Tsai, ).…”

Section: School‐based Play Therapymentioning

confidence: 93%

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Effects of Adlerian Play Therapy on Reducing Students' Disruptive Behaviors

Meany-Walen

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Kottman

2014

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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This randomized controlled study examined the effectiveness of Adlerian play therapy (AdPT) with 58 elementary school students (48% Latino, 33% European American, 19% African American) exhibiting disruptive classroom behaviors. Teachers and raters blinded to treatment group assignment reported that children in the experimental group demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in behavior problems and that AdPT demonstrated moderate to large treatment effects. Teachers also reported a statistically significant reduction in stress in their relationships with students receiving AdPT.

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Section: School‐based Play Therapymentioning

confidence: 93%

Effects of Adlerian Play Therapy on Reducing Students' Disruptive Behaviors

Meany-Walen

Bratton

Kottman

2014

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…In the last 15 years, CCPT research has demonstrated increased rigor and productivity, with 13 of 19 identified studies meeting criteria for randomized controlled trials (Evidence-Based Child Therapy, 2016). Research findings indicated that participation in CCPT resulted in beneficial outcomes for a variety of presenting concerns (Blanco & Ray, 2011;Ojiambo & Bratton, 2014;Ray, Schottelkorb, & Tsai, 2007).…”

Section: Child-centered Play Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Children's Experiences in the Therapeutic Relationship: Development and Validation of a Self‐Report Measure

Purswell

2018

J Humanistic Counseling

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“…schools) as having psychological problems or are in settings such as hospitals, prisons, domestic violence shelters or natural disasters . Randomised controlled trials have shown play therapy to be effective in reducing internalising and externalising problems and symptoms of trauma among children in refugee populations and in reducing anxiety and suicide risk in children who had experienced a natural disaster . Observational studies showed significant decreases in anxiety, depression and aggression and significant increases in self‐esteem, emotional security and attachment with play therapy relative to controls among children who were homeless or living in a battered women's shelter …”

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Evidence‐based child and adolescent psychotherapy: It's not what you think

Golding

2016

J Paediatrics Child Health

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In clinical practice, I have often encountered the supposition that evidence-based psychotherapy for children and adolescents is synonymous with cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). 1 CBT is commonly thought to be more effective than other forms of treatment for young people, such as psychodynamic or play therapy, 2,3 and is often described as 'the treatment of choice' for youth, 4 with other therapies seen as lacking an evidence base. 1 A scientific approach to choosing treatment requires that we examine our assumptions and their empirical basis. In this article, I question the assumption of CBT's superiority and briefly review the empirical data on the efficacy of play therapy and psychodynamic therapy with young people. I then address considerations in choosing therapies that are likely to be most helpful.Psychotherapies for children and adolescents are based on a wide range of theoretical orientations. I focus here on psychodynamic (psychoanalytic), client-centred and CBT approaches. Psychodynamic therapy is distinguished by its exploration of emotions, fantasy and efforts to avoid distressing feelings; identification of patterns of experience; developmental focus; and focus on relationships, including the therapeutic alliance. 5 In psychodynamic play therapy, play is seen as the child's natural form of communication and essentially takes the place of adult patients' verbalisations. 6 Many play therapists practise from a client-centred theoretical perspective, which emphasises the child's innate capacity for self-healing, the therapist's warmth and acceptance for the child, creation of conditions of free expression for the child, respect for the child's problem-solving capacities and non-directiveness. 7 Although adolescents often prefer talk therapy (which may have a psychodynamic, client-centred or other theoretical orientation), play therapy can be used with this age group. 8,9 CBT is based on the assumption that thoughts affect feelings and behaviour, and emphasises directly changing cognitions 10 through teaching children coping skills, promoting their self-control and enhancing their self-efficacy, with the child's active participation. 11Despite CBT's popularity, for three decades, meta-analyses have demonstrated that play therapy is effective for a wide range of childhood mental health problems. [12][13][14][15] In four meta-analyses, weighted mean effect sizes for play therapy range from 0.65 to 0.80 over 42 to 94 studies, [12][13][14][15] representing moderately large to large effects. 16 Fully three-quarters of children treated with play therapy are better off than the average untreated child, paralleling findings in adult psychotherapy. 17 Likewise, a meta-analysis of 11 studies of short-term (40 visits or less) psychodynamic treatment for youth indicates a large effect (weighted mean g = 1.07), 18 consistent with a qualitative literature review that documents psychodynamics psychotherapy's effectiveness for children and teens, 19 as have more recent studies with children 20 and adolescents. 21 The ...

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Effects of Group Activity Play Therapy on Problem Behaviors of Preadolescent Ugandan Orphans

Cited by 39 publications

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Effects of Adlerian Play Therapy on Reducing Students' Disruptive Behaviors

Effects of Adlerian Play Therapy on Reducing Students' Disruptive Behaviors

Children's Experiences in the Therapeutic Relationship: Development and Validation of a Self‐Report Measure

Evidence‐based child and adolescent psychotherapy: It's not what you think

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