The Therapist's Notebook for Children and

Giving professionals the edge in aiding children and adolescents with their feelings, this work explains how to incorporate play techniques into therapy, provide group therapy to children, and encourage appropriate parental involvement. Includes handouts and activities.

About the Editors

xiii

Contributors

xv

Foreword

xxi

Eliana Gil

Preface

xxiii

Therapist Attitudes About Play

xxvii

Catherine Ford Sori

Acknowledgments

xxxi

SECTION I: DEALING WITH CHILDREN'S FEELINGS

Feeling Faces Prevent Scary Places

3

(6)

Nancee Biank

Catherine Ford Sori

Deflating Fear

9

(9)

Catherine Ford

Sori Nancee Biank

A Child's Impossible and Scariest Tasks

18

(7)

Nancee Biank

Catherine Ford Sori

Soaring Above Stress: Using Relaxation and Visualization with Anxious Children

25

(15)

Catherine Ford Sori

Nancee Biank

Getting to Know the Characters Inside Me: Children Coping with Thoughts and Feelings

40

(9)

Megan L. Dolbin

SECTION II: THE USE OF PLAY IN THERAPY

Play Genograms

49

(8)

Eliana Gil

Strengthening Parent-Child Attachment with Play: Filial Play Therapy

57

(7)

Rise VanFleet

Using Play to Help Parents Share Difficult Information with Young Children

64

(7)

Catherine Ford Sori

Nancy Nickell

Explaining to Parents the Use of Play in Family Therapy

71

(8)

Linda Wark

Family Sandplay: Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond

79

(4)

Lenore McWey

Nikki Ruble

Spin Me a Yarn: Breaking the Ice and Warming the Heart

83

(9)

Catherine Ford Sori

Nancee Biank

Co-Art: A Joining Activity for Therapists and Younger Clients

92

(4)

Liddy B. Hope

Using LIFE to Explore Children's Worlds

96

(7)

Stephanie Malench

Lorna L. Hecker

SECTION III: SPECIFIC CHILDHOOD PROBLEMS

Learning and School-Related Problems in Childhood

103

(9)

Robert Sholtes

Superman versus the Monster: Assisting a Young Child with Nightmares

112

(4)

Lorna L. Hecker

``Mommy Is a Restless Sleeper''

116

(9)

Lorna L. Hecker

Secret Signals Soothe Separation Stress

125

(7)

Linda L. Richardson

A Brief Assessment of Social Competency Skills in Preschool and Early Elementary School Children

132

(11)

Diane E. Karther

Jeanne Thibo Karns

SECTION IV: DEALING WITH ILLNESS, TRAUMA, AND BEREAVEMENT

Children's Understanding of Death

143

(7)

Jeanne Thibo Karns

Tips for Parents When There Is Illness in the Family

150

(7)

Nancee Biank

Catherine Ford Sori

Scrapbooking During Traumatic and Transitional Events

157

(6)

Jeanne Thibo Karns

Animal-Assisted Therapy for Sexually Abused Children

163

(8)

Elisabeth Reichert

SECTION V: YOUTHS/ADOLESCENTS

Using Adolescents As Consultants in Therapy

171

(9)

C. Everett Bailey

Creating a Participating Role for Adolescents in Group and Family Therapy

180

(5)

Daniel J. Wiener

Silent Scream: Opening Adolescent Communication

185

(7)

Catherine Ford Sori

The Places You'll Go: Developing Hope and Self-Efficacy

192

(7)

James Patrick Ward

Therapeutic Letters to Young Persons

199

(5)

David Pare

Mary Ann Majchrzak Rombach

Parental Involvement in an Adolescent's Career Decision Process

204

(7)

Hemla D. Singaravelu

Tammy B. Bringaze

Improving Behavior and Identities of Youths: Exploring and Creating Culturally Relevant Masks

211

(7)

Dominicus W. So

Maia C. Coleman

Philippa S. Stuart

Judge and Jury: A Creative Approach to Discussing Sex with Teens

218

(7)

Liddy B. Hope

SECTION VI: SPECIFIC APPROACHES OR INTERVENTIONS

The Use of Consultants in Play Therapy: Narrative Practices with Young Children

225

(5)

Susan K. Sholtes

Integrating Externalization and Scaling Questions: Using Visual Scaling to Amplify Children's Voices

230

(7)

Lee Shilts

Barry L. Duncan

Becoming the Author of Your Life: Writing Stories of Change

237

(5)

Megan L. Dolbin

Jumanji

242

(5)

Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Getting to Know a Child's World Through Photographs

247

(5)

Anna L. Bower

Lorna L. Hecker

Champion Pack

252

(9)

Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein

SECTION VII: FAMILY ISSUES

The Family Play Planner: Playing Together, Staying Together

261

(9)

Toni Schindler Zimmerman

Kidsculpt: Children's Role in Marital and Family Therapy

270

(9)

Catherine Ford Sori

Special Time Activities

279

(12)

Jody R. Kussin

Ann-Marie Martinez

Anger Collage

291

(5)

Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein

Director's Chair

296

(6)

Katherine A. Milewski-Hertlein

Using Children's Books in Family Therapy

302

(21)

Linda Wark

Julie Johnson

Lisa Abrahamson

SECTION VIII: PARENT EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION

The Parent's Guide to Good Divorce Behavior

323

(7)

Lorna L. Hecker

Catherine Ford Sori

Ten Commandments for Stepfamilies

330

(6)

Catherine Ford Sori

Lorna L. Hecker

Helping Parents Understand and Use Natural and Logical Consequences

336

(6)

Dana Edwards

Helping Parents Use the Time-Out Procedure

342

(7)

Lorna L. Hecker

Catherine Ford Sori

Index

349

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The Therapist's Notebook for Children and Adolescents: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy

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