Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Social Work
Department
School of Social Work
Abstract
This research project attempted to determine whether play therapy used to treat elementary and junior high school children in a School-Based Counseling program is effective. There is conflicting evidence in the literature as to the effectiveness of therapy with children, especially play therapy. This project used a qualitative design to evaluate play therapy used in a School-Base Counseling program (SBC). Randomly selected case files from the 1998-99 academic year were analyzed using questions considering demographic information for each child, the reason the child was referred to the program, the intervention used by the therapist, and the outcomes of therapy. The results of this project are inconclusive, but support the need for more research to be conducted in the area of play therapy.
Recommended Citation
O'Keefe, Aimee Marie, "The effectiveness of play therapy in a school-based counseling program" (2000). Theses Digitization Project. 1686.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1686
