CULTURAL ISSUES IN PLAY THERAPY
Eliana Gil & Athena A. Drewes (Editors)
Guilford Press, 2004
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Hone your skills for working with diverse children and families
• Look at play therapy through a multicultural lens
• Examine how cultural traditions, values, shared experiences, and expectations may influence the ways children express themselves through play
• Learn the ideas and feelings children associate with different activities
• Understand what responses children and parents may have to particular interventions
• Review clinical material
• Learn about specific issues to consider when working with African American, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian American children
• Set up a therapeutic playroom that is engaging and welcoming to all and where to obtain multicultural toys, games, and art materials
Eliana Gil, PhD, RPT-S, ATR, is coordinator of the Abused Children's Treatment Services of Inova Kellar Center, in Fairfax, Virginia; director of Starbright Training Institute; an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Tech; a registered art therapist; a registered play therapy supervisor; and a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Athena A. Drewes, PsyD, RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist and registered play therapist and supervisor; director of Clinical Training and the APA Psychology Doctoral Internship at the Astor Home for Children in Poughkeepsie, New York. She is on the Board of Directors of the Association for Play Therapy, founder and past president of the New York Association for Play Therapy, and Adjunct Professor of Play Therapy at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York.
5 CE credits; 159 pages
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