Brief Child Therapy Homework Planner (Practice Planners) [Paperback]

Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. (Author), L. Mark Peterson (Author), William P. McInnis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 1999

The Brief Child Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition provides pre-written psychotherapy homework assignments for children. The 48 field-tested exercises are grouped by skill set. The book includes ready-to-copy blank exercises, instructions on when and how to use the assignments, and a floppy disk that contains word-processing versions of every assignment in the book.

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The Bestselling treatment planning system for mental health professionals

Features new and updated assignments and exercises to meet the changing needs of mental health professionals

The Child Psychotherapy Homework Planner, Second Edition provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• 82 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues encountered by children, such as academic underachieving, low self-esteem, depression, and separation anxiety
• A quick-reference format—the interactive assignments are grouped by behavioral problems from blended family problems and divorce reaction to ADHD, attachment disorder, disruptive/attention seeking, and speech and language disorders
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
• Assignments that are cross-referenced to The Child Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Fourth Edition—so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or problem
• A CD-ROM that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format—allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs

Additional resources in the PracticePlanners® series:

Treatment Planners

cover all the necessary elements for developing formal treatment plans, including detailed problem definitions, long-term goals, short-term objectives, therapeutic interventions, and DSM diagnoses.

Progress Notes Planners

contain complete, prewritten progress notes for each presenting problem in the companion Treatment Planners.

For more information on our PracticePlanners® products, including our full line of Treatment Planners, visit us on the Web at: www.wiley.com/practiceplanners --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, Jr., PhD, is Series Editor for the bestselling PracticePlanners. Since 1971, he has provided professional mental health services to both inpatient and outpatient clients. He managed a group private practice for twenty-five years and now is the Executive Director of Life Guidance Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

L. MARK PETERSON, ACSW, is Program Manager for Bethany Christian Services' Residential Treatment and Family Counseling programs in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is coauthor of several of the bestselling PracticePlanners.

WILLIAM P. MCINNIS, PsyD, is in private practice with Aspen Psychological Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also coauthor of the bestselling The Child Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Fourth Edition and The Adolescent Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, Fourth Edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (March 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471323667
• ISBN-13: 978-0471323662
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #578,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Brief Child Therapy Homework Planner, September 4, 2002

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Tracy "tracy" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brief Child Therapy Homework Planner (Practice Planners) (Paperback)

If you work with underprivileged kids, as I do, you will find this book's exercises very difficult to use. The exercises require sustained attention for reading long passages, and the vocabulary level is extremely high, even for my 7th grade clients. Many exercises require critical thinking and creative writing skills, which my client's have great difficulty with as well. Most inner city kids I work with are performing 2-3 grade levels behind, and look at me like I am crazy when I try to do these exercises with them.
This book would work great with middle/upper-middle class kids who are taught verbal skills from the get go.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Child Psychotheray Home Work planner, October 2, 2010

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Is a great reference for those that build plan and interventions to assit childrens and his familys.

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional, March 20, 2011

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I find the book,Child Psychotherapy Homeworker Planner written by Arthur E. Jongsma to be reader friendly, very easy to understand, and informative. This book is an exceptional resource for clinicians, teachers, clients and family. I use this book on a daily basis, incorporating each homework assignment into each session and treatment plan. As it relates to defining the appropriate technique to a specific problem area I find it very obliging. As a training clinician, I have found the book to be an effective and efficient tool that I can use in my everyday interaction with children who have childhood disorders. I would recommend that other new or training clinicians use this book as a guide to learn different techniques.