The International Journal of Play and Creative Art Therapies
The
new journal was launched in November 2016. Its purpose is to encourage
and disseminate the results of original research carried out by Play Therapy UK
(PTUK) and Play Therapy International (PTI) Registrants, as well as others
working in this field.
Papers
will need to meet the high quality standards demanded by peer reviewed research
journals and written in an appropriate style.
This
Journal will be published in addition to Play for Life, which is a
practitioners' publication, published by PTUK and PTI, where articles may be
written in a more informal style.
Contents
Call for research papers
We
would like to invite the submission of research papers between 3,000-5,000
words on empirical and conceptual research relevant to play therapy practice
and its derivatives such as filial play coaching, sand play therapy, Theraplay
etc.
We
particularly welcome papers in the following areas:
- Based on your M.A. dissertations
- the historical development of play therapy
- the nature of childhood
- epistemological and methodological issues as applied to
research and practice
- overview and analysis of
key theories and concepts used in play therapy practice, for example:
those drawn from neurobiology and also psychology such as Rogers, Jung, Freud,
Bowlby, Oaklander, Piaget, Erikson, Winnicott.
- analysis of local, national and international policies and
legislation in relation to working with children
- children's culture, rights and participation in therapy
- ethics and values in relation to play therapy
- children's experience of play therapy
- reflective accounts on the implications of using play
therapy in diverse settings like CAMHS teams, domestic violence units or
hospitals
- photo essays which illustrate specific aspects of play
therapy practice
- examinations of theories as applied to play therapy
practice; explorations of areas of play therapy practice which identify areas
for further research
- research methodology
- effectiveness, efficacy and efficiency
All papers will be refereed by at least two reviewers, one of whom will
be an expert in the subject area of the paper and one will be someone from the
editorial board. The Editor would welcome abstracts of not more than 150 words
emailed to johnbates@orange.fr
Detailed
submission guidelines will be sent to those authors whose abstracts fall within
the remit of The International Journal of Play& Creative Art Therapies.
Play Therapy Research Forum
This section will contain:
- Book reviews - which may also be published in Play for Life;
- Letters including those critiquing papers and stimulating
debate
- Short papers on practitioner experiences which can include
photographs of examples of play Short papers which outline a recent problem in
practice to share with the wider play therapy community;
- Short papers which reflect an ethical dilemma;
All of which should be aimed at stimulating research and/or
discussion.
These
papers should be no more than 1500 words and need not contain literature
reviews but will be reviewed by the Editorial Team to ensure suitability for
publication. Please email your ideas to johnbates@orange.fr for further
information and guidance on submitting an article.
Guidelines for Authors
Submissions
to the editor are welcome throughout the year and all submissions will be
evaluated in terms of their relevance, interest and readability. Papers will be
passed to a referee who will then submit feedback and an editorial decision
will be sent to the author.
Papers
should be concise with a clear understandable account of the content. A word
count (excluding references and tables) must be provided at the end of all
submissions and an abstract should also be included (100-150 words) detailing
the rationale for the article, methods employed and conclusions drawn. Articles
should be emailed to the editor in Microsoft Word format with the authors name,
position and email address appearing below the title.
General Guidelines
- All text should be in justified body text format and double
line spaced.
- Do not include page numbers, section breaks or headers or
footers.
- Where possible do not include tables and figures in the main
body of the text. These should be typed on a separate page of the document or
on a separate document. Tables should be in a format that is easy to edit with
font sizes for labels of no less that 8pt.
- Indicate clearly where in the text you would like figures
and tables to be inserted.
- Where possible avoid the use of appendices and footnotes.
- Text should be presented in the following format:
- Title = New Times Roman 16pt bold
- Name, position etc = New Times Roman 12pt
- Section headings = New Times Roman 14 pt
- Sub headings = New Times Roman 12pt bold + italics
- Main body of the text = New Times Roman 12pt
Ethical Guidelines
Authors
are required to ensure the integrity of their manuscripts and, where research
is being reported, to demonstrate that this conforms to internationally
accepted ethical guidelines and the PTUK/PTI Ethical Framework or professional
equivalent. Where relevant, an ethics statement must be included in the Methods
section of the paper confirming that the study has been approved by an ethics
committee or has obtained NHS/Local Authority ethics approval and that all
participants have provided either verbal or written consent.
Each
manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published
elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication
elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce
copyrighted material from other sources. As an author, you are required to
secure permission if you want to reproduce any figure, table, or extract from
the text of another source. This applies to direct reproduction as well as
derivative reproduction (where you have created a new figure or table which
derives substantially from a copyrighted source). All accepted manuscripts,
artwork, and photographs become the property of PTUK who is the publisher.
Referencing
Authors
are asked to pay particular attention to the accuracy, punctuation and correct
presentation of references. In-text references should be cited by giving the
author's name, year of publication (Smith, 1928) and specific page numbers
after a direct quotation. In-text lists of references should be in
chronological order. A reference list should appear at the end and should
include only those references cited in the text. References should be double
spaced, arranged alphabetically by author, and chronologically for each author.
Publications for the same author appearing in a single year should use a,b,c
etc. Please indicate secondary references.
BOOK: Kelly, L. (1988) Surviving Sexual Violence, Cambridge,
Polity.
BOOK CHAPTER: Bates, J. (1997) Men, Masculinity and Child
Care, in Bates, J, Pugh, R and Thompson, N. (eds), Protecting Children
Challenges and Change, London, Arena.
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Wilson, K. and Ridler, A. (1996) Children
and literature, British Journal of Social Work, 26(1), pp. 17-36.
MULTI-AUTHOR ARTICLE: Where there are more than two authors,
the reference within the text should be cited as Smith et al. and the date, but
in the reference list the names of all the authors should be included.