Suggested Readings About School Based Play Therapy & School Counseling

• American School Counselor Association (2019). The ASCA national model: A framework for school counseling programs (4th ed.). American School Counselor Association.

• Blanco, P. J. & Ray, D. C. (2011). Play therapy in elementary schools: A best practice for improving academic achievement. Journal of Counseling and Development, 89(2), 235–243. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2011.tb00083.x

• Curry, J. R. (2013).  Integrating play techniques in comprehensive school counseling programs. Information Age Pub.

• Davis, E. S., Pereira, J. K., & Dixon, A. (2015). Introducing Reality Play Therapy: Reactions and perceptions from elementary school counselors. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 10(4), 402–422. https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2015.1093984

• Drewes, A. A. & Schaefer, C. E. (Eds.). (2010). School-based play therapy (2nd ed.). Wiley.

• Fazio-Griffith, L. J. & Ballard, M. B. (2014). Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy techniques in school-based group counseling: Assisting students in the development of social skills. Vistas Online. American Counseling Association.

• Gysbers, N. C. (2010). Remembering the past, shaping the future: A history of school counseling. American School Counseling Association.

• Jayne, K. M. & Ray, D. C. (2016). Child-centered play therapy as a comprehensive school counseling approach: directions for research and practice. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 15(1), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2015.1132757

• King-White, D. L. (2019). The role of school counselors in supporting mental health in schools. Journal of School Counseling, 17(4), 1-24.

• Kottman, T. & Johnson, V. (1993). Adlerian play therapy: A tool for school counselors. Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 28(1), 42–51.

• Landreth, G. L., Ray, D. C., & Bratton, S. C. (2009). Play therapy in elementary schools. Psychology in the Schools, 46(3), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.20374Ray, D. C., Armstrong, S. A., Warren, E. S., & Balkin, R. S. (2005). Play therapy practices among elementary school counselors. Professional School Counseling, 8(4), 360-365.

• Ray, D. C., Armstrong, S. A., Balkin, R. S., Jayne, K. M. (2015). Child-centered play therapy in the schools: Review and meta-analysis. Psychology in the Schools, 52(2). Doi: 10.1002/pits.21798

• Shin, S. M. (2021). Play Therapy courses in school counselor training: A content analysis of syllabi from CACREP-accredited school counseling programs. Professional School Counseling, 25(1), 2156759–. https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X20985835

• Shen, Y.-J. (2016). A descriptive study of school counselors’ play therapy experiences with the culturally diverse. International Journal of Play Therapy, 25(2), 54-63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/42732631

• Shen, Y.-J. (2008). Reasons for school counselors’ use or nonuse of play therapy: An exploratory study. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 3(1), 30–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/15401380802004746

• Shen, Y.-J. & Herr, E. L. (2003). Perceptions of play therapy in Taiwan: The voices of school counselors and counselor educators. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 25(1), 27–41. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024924111194

• Shen, Y.-J. & Hudspeth, F. (2016). A descriptive study of school counselors’ play therapy experiences with the culturally diverse. International Journal of Play Therapy, 25(2), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000017

• Trice-Black, S., Bailey, C. L., &  Kiper Riechel, M. E. (2013). Play therapy in school counseling. Professional School Counseling, 16(5), 303-312. DOI: 10.5330/PSC.n.2013-16.303

• Winburn, A. Gilstrap, D., Perryman, M., & Hudspeth, F. (2017). Treating the tiers: Play therapy responds to intervention in the schools. International Journal of Play Therapy, 26(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000041