Helpful Links
“We read to know we are not alone.”
— C. S. Lewis
Below are listed articles from a variety of sources that may help supplement therapeutic support
Play Therapy
• What Happens in Play Therapy?
• Child’s Play: How Play Therapy Works
• The Value of Play I: The Definition of Play Gives Insights
• The Value of Play II: How Play Promotes Reasoning
• Value of Play III: How Children Confront Life's Challenges
• The Value of Play IV: Nature’s Way of Teaching Us New Skills
• The Decline of Play in Preschoolers — And the Rise in Sensory Issues
• Let’s Play: How the Science of the Brain Is Changing Therapy
• A Fun Way to Ease Kids’ Anxiety About Medical Procedures
• Dads: Roughhouse Away! New Research Says Kids Need It
• The Decline of Play and Rise in Children's Mental Disorders
• Play, Play, and Play Some More: Let Children Be the Animals They Have the Right to Be
The Arts
• Creative Arts Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy
• Expressive Arts Therapy and Self-Regulation
• Expressive Arts in the Treatment of Trauma
• Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy
• Spending At Least Two Hours a Week Engaged in the Arts Improves Overall Mental Health
Children
• 26 Phrases to Calm an Angry Child
• 7 Phrases That Will Destroy Your Child
• 6 Questions Your Kids Don't Know How to Ask You
• Why So Many Kids Can't Sit Still in School Today
• Texas School Triples Recess Time And Sees Immediate Positive Results In Kids
• How to Get My Child to Cooperate
• Why Shyness is Not a Disorder or Deficit in Kids
• Why do Children Steal and What Can I Do About It?
• 'The Present' by Jacob Frey (Animated short)