Game Play
Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 8. April 1986
Book
Hardback
364 pages
978-0-471-81972-1 (ISBN)
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Description
Explored in this book is a new approach to child therapy that focuses on the considerable psychological significance of games and their use as a unique and largely untapped resource in diagnosis and therapy with children. It shows how to use specific types of games such as communication games, problem- solving games, ego-enhancing games and socialization games in specific therapeutic situations. Author and subject indexes are also included in the book.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-81972-1 (9780471819721)
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Book
12/2000
Wiley
€93.50
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Content
Partial table of contents:; COMMUNICATION GAMES; Communication Board Games with Children (D. E. Frey); The Talking, Feeling and Doing Game (R. A. Gardner); PROBLEM-SOLVING GAMES; Family Communication and Problem Solving With Board Games and Computer Games (E. A. Blechman et al.); Therapeutic Games for Children (C. Behrens); EGO-ENHANCING GAMES; The Use of Competitive Games in Play Therapy (I. N. Berlin); The Game of Checkers in Child Therapy (R. A. Gardner); Therapeutic Use of Card Games With Learning-Disabled Children (S. E. Reid); SOCIALIZATION GAMES; Socialization Games for the Mentally Retarded (B. Edmonson & N. Nevil); Therapeutic Implications of Games with Juvenile Delinquents (S. Serok); Index.