Introduction: Children with abdominal pain often require psychological complementary therapies, along with medical treatments, due to the combination of symptoms with psychological factors. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of resiliency based play therapy and cognitive-behavioral play therapy on abdominal pain in children with functional abdominal pain.  Methods: The current s...

Introduction: Anxiety and depression are among the variables that children with cancer need psychological treatment for them. The aim of this study was to determine the comparing the effectiveness of group story therapy and the art-play therapy on anxiety and depression in children with cancer based on the framework, principles and rules of cognitive-behavioral approach. Methods: The research m...

Introduction: Children with functional abdominal pain often suffer from Abdominal pain before falling asleep. This study aimed to determine the effects of resiliency based play therapy and cognitive-behavioral play therapy on sleep disorder in children with functional abdominal pain. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental, with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with a control gro...

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group play therapy on reformation of the social maladjustment on female students with intellectual disabilities (ID).  Method: The present study, is an experimental study design with pre-test and post-test, and with experimental and control groups. Population of this study includes all girls w...

Objective Intellectual disability is a common neurodevelopmental disorder which leads to lower social activities, skills and life quality. It seems that play therapy could improve social skills of students with intellectual disability. Play is one of the important methods for social skills training to students with intellectual disability. Group play therapy enhances social skills like leadersh...

Objective Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is widely recognized as one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders affecting children due to which they are frequently referred to clinics for their behavioral problems. Adding to their behavioral problems, many children with ADHD also have socialization with their parents, siblings and teachers. The long-lasting nature of ADHD ...

Aims: Promoting social adjustment can improve the developmental skills of preschool children. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of play therapy based on cognitive-behavioral on social adjustment of preschool children. Instrument & Methods: The quasi-experimental research method was pretest and posttest with a control group with a follow-up period. The statistica...

Objective: One of the biggest problems that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are dealing with is emotional-behavioral control problems that make social communication at home and school difficult Some of these problems include social problems, aggression, and law-breaking . Nowadays, the use of play therapy for children with  ADHD is prevalent. Play therapy is an active app...

Introduction: Emotional regulation plays an important role in students' academic adjustment, therefore. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral play therapy in emotion regulation and academic adjustment of students with dyslexia. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. From the statistical pop...