BLENDING PLAY THERAPY WITH COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

By A. FAANO

INTRODUCTION 1 NEURODIVERSITY, ABLEISM, AND BEING NEURODIVERSITY AFFIRMING 2 THE NEURODIVERGENT CHILD 3 NEURODIVERGENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS 4 NEURODIVERGENT PLAY 5 PLAY THERAPY AND THE THERAPEUTIC POWERS OF PLAY 6 AN INTEGRATIVE PLAY THERAPY APPROACH 7 THE AUTPLAY® THERAPY PROCESS 8 THE AUTPLAY® THERAPIST 9 PHASES OF AUTPLAY® THERAPY AND THERAPY GOALS 10 PARENT AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT 11 THE AUTPLAY® THERAPY FOLLOW ME APPROACH ( FMA) 12 THE AUTPLAY® THERAPY FOLLOW ME APPROACH ( FMA) WITH PARENTS 13 THE AUTPLAY® THERAPY FOLLOW ME APPROACH ( FMA) CASE EXAMPLES 14 SOCIAL NAVIGATION INTERVENTIONS CONTENTS CONTENTS 15 EMOTION IDENTIFICATION AND EXPRESSION INTERVENTIONS 16 CONNECTION ( RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT) INTERVENTIONS 17 ANXIETY REDUCTION, SENSORY INTEGRATION, AND REGULATION INTERVENTIONS CONCLUSION COMMON TERMS RELATED TO NEURODIVERGENCE