What the Research Shows About Play Therapy: Twenty-First Century Update

Child-Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-33

  Ray, Dee C ^a   Bratton, Sue C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional maladjustment; Learning disability; Managed care corporations; Mental health interventions; Play therapy studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886830308     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269626.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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