Play Therapy Courses in School Counselor Training: A Content Analysis of Syllabi From CACREP-Accredited School Counseling Programs

Shin, Sang Min; Na, GoEun

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“…Further, university coursework in combination with the institute/professional conference and workshop training in play therapy predicted increased levels in attitudes, knowledge, and skills. The recommendation from these correlations is for more university counseling programs to offer play therapy coursework to give counselors a stronger foundation for counseling children, especially because the research indicated that there is a positive impact on counseling students who take play therapy courses at universities (Shin & Na, 2021).…”

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“…The university is where most beginning counselors get a view of what they are supposed to do in sessions. Those who take play therapy courses in university counseling programs are better able to incorporate play therapy skills when working with young children in practice (Shin & Na, 2021). According to the Association for Play Therapy (APT, 2020a), a professional membership organization that provides access to play therapy resources and information (APT, 2020c(APT, , 2020d, only 152 U.S. universities offer play therapy courses.…”

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Professional development in play therapy among counselors.

Anderson¹

2022

International Journal of Play Therapy

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Most counselors lack training in play therapy through university counselor education programs, which leaves novice counselors searching for workshops, institutes, conferences, or self-training to effectively meet the mental health needs of children. In this first-of-its-kind study, the researcher investigated relationships between professional development and attitudes, knowledge, and skills in play therapy among working elementary school counselors and professional counselors who are licensed. Professional development consisted of various types of training and/or APT membership. A nonrandom sample of counselors was recruited from relevant online sources in this quantitative study. Attitudes, knowledge, and skills were measured by the self-reported Revised Play Therapy Attitude–Knowledge–Skills Survey (Kao, 2009). Three hypotheses were confirmed at a statistically significant level: Counselors with university-level training had higher levels of attitudes, knowledge, and skills; knowledge in play therapy predicted the skill levels of the counselors; and APT membership related to higher levels of knowledge and skills in play therapy.

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