REQUIRED READINGS
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
Practicum Readings
Association for Play Therapy. (2025). Play Therapy Best Practices: Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Retrieved from
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/publications/best_practices.pdf
Association for Play Therapy. (2025). Paper on Touch: Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Retrieved from
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/Publications/Paper_On_Touch.pdf
Bratton, S., Ray, D., Rhine, T., & Jones, L. (2005). The efficacy of play therapy with children: A meta-analytic review.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practices, Vol. 36, No. 4, 376-390.
Landreth, G. (2024). The art of the relationship (4th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge.
Lin, Y. & Bratton, S. (2015). A meta-analytic review of child-centered play therapy approaches. Journal of Counseling & Development, Vol. 93, 45-58.
Internship Readings
Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J.F., & Coyne, A.E. (2021). Patient, therapist, and relational factors. In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, &
L.G. Castonguay (eds.), Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (pp. 225-260). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Giordano, M., Landreth, G., & Jones, L. (2005). A practical handbook for building the play therapy relationship. Latham, MD:
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
Slade, A., (2005). Parental reflective functioning: An introduction. Attachment & Human Development, September 2005;
7(3): 269-281.
FOR THOSE SEEKING CREDENTIALING AS A PLAY THERAPIST:
APT's Play Therapy Best Practices
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/publications/best_practices.pdf
APT's Paper on Touch
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/resource_center/Paper_on_Touch_2022__-_Final.pdf
FOR THOSE SEEKING LICENSURE IN ILLINOIS:
Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice: https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1324&ChapAct=225 ILCS 107/&ChapterID=24&ChapterName=PROFESSIONS%20AND%20OCCUPATIONS&ActName=Professional%20Counselor%20and%20Clinical%20Professional%20Counselor%20Licensing%20Act.
Professional Counseling Rules:
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act:
https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2043&ChapterID=57
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code:
HIPAA
https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/health-insurance-portability-accountability-act-1996
National Board for Certified Counselor's Code of Ethics:
https://www.nbcc.org/assets/ethics/nbcccodeofethics.pdf
FOR THOSE SEEKING LICENSURE IN MISSOURI:
Chapter 1-General Rules
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2095-1.pdf
Chapter 2-Licensure Requirements
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2095-2.pdf
Chapter 3-Professional Responsibility
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2095-3.pdf
RSMo. 337.500-337.550
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=337
HIPAA
https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/health-insurance-portability-accountability-act-1996
National Board for Certified Counselor's Code of Ethics:
https://www.nbcc.org/assets/ethics/nbcccodeofethics.pdf