Play With Them: Theraplay Groups in the Classroom : A Technique for Professional Who Work With Children

"The authors have demonstrated that the Theraplay method can be applied to the classroom to give children hope, joy, and the conviction that there are adults who care about them as genuinely valuable human beings. Rubin and Tregay convincingly guide teachers through the steps that will help vast numbers of normal and not-so-normal children develop self-confidence, joie de vivre, and the assurance that the world can be a trustworthy and enjoyable place after all...Throughout their book, in beautiful style and with lovely examples, they direct specific suggestions to leaders of child Therapy Groups. Their focus is on helping both individual members and the group as a whole. The experience they provide the reader is lively, personal, and action oriented... The labors of Rubin and Tregay will be deeply appreciated not only by the children themselves but by those many individuals who will interact with them in their future."