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Webinar Description
A 12 Hour Workshop
February 3, 4, 10, & 11, 2025
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
$199.99
This Certificate eligible workshop will require the securing of the training manual which can be obtained at the links listed below. If you want the physical copy in time for the workshop start, the deadline for the purchasing deadline is January 15, 2025. The digital copy can be secured at anytime.
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Physical Copy $29.99 +S&H: https://www.integrative-counseling.us/product-page/new-edition-play-therapy-basic-training International participants should email [email protected] to process their order |
Digital Copy $16.99: https://www.integrative-counseling.us/product-page/play-therapy-basic-training-manual |
Completion of this workshop is a prerequisite for application to NIRE’s Certification Program in Child-Centered Play Therapy For information, please click HERE.
If you have any difficulty registering, please contact us here.
Mental health and educational professionals who work with children can significantly benefit from training in play therapy. The most basic skills in play therapy; child-centric communication, reflective listening, and limit setting can improve rapport and subsequently relationships with children (professional AND personal).
In this workshop participants will learn basic play therapy skills to engage children (from infancy through the elementary grades) in play therapy from a phenomenological and humanistic perspective. Developmental and cultural issues relevant to this population will be addressed and practical and dynamic interventions will be demonstrated.
DAY 1
10:00am-1:00pm
10:00
Introduction of presenter, topic
Breaks, no sugar coating, use of chat
POLL as participants sign in...
YES or NO response
I currently work with children
I use toys and games in therapy with children
I do play therapy when I am counseling children
This is my first formal training in play therapy
10:15
Lecture (with examples)
What is Play Therapy?
History/Theory of Play Therapy approaches
10:40
Small Group Activities & Debrief
Conceptualizing the child's perspective
Breakout rooms should be 3-4 people each and address:
What is/has worked in your therapeutic connections to children and how do you know this (what's the proof)?
11:15
Potential Break :10
Open for questions through the chat
Address questions
Authentic learning activity & debrief
One Word about Children in Chat (I will read out and discuss)
Setting the stage for viewing childhood through a cultural lens.
12:00
Lecture:
Culture of Childhood
How viewing childhood as a culture makes us more thoughtful practitioners.
Video review & group discussion for authentic learning experiences
Assessing how viewing childhood as a culture impacts our way of understanding children's communication.
12:40
Checkout activity
Assessment of participant learning through day 1
"What's one thing you are taking away from today?" Have them put that in the chat and I will read those out
For tomorrow- little toys or art supplies
DAY 2
10:00
Start the day with questions about day one, I will again invite people to ask questions by putting them in the chat and having you read them out (that's good with you, correct?)
10:20
Lecture with activities, examples
Child-centered play therapy
Axline's 8 basic principles
The child-centered philosophy
Show Video How do you know it is CCPT
Volcani
Parker
11:40
10 minute break
Open for questions through the chat
Address questions
11:50
Breakout rooms 2 per room
1st introduce your child self
Applied learning
Practicing the 8 basic principles and basic skills
12:10
Return to large group
Debrief by having people raise hands
12:30
Lecture & authentic learning activities:Limit setting
The how and why of setting limits
Structuring limit setting through a developmental lens
How to individualize limit setting
12:55
Checkout activity
Assessment of participant learning through day 2
"One feeling word that describes where you are at the present moment?" Have them put that in the chat and I will read those out
DAY 3
Practice of play therapy skills- applied learning
Reflective listening with Children
Tracking responses
review of example session and debrief
Assess for fidelity to the child-centered model
Discussion of what worked and did not work in the session
Lecture & embedded small group activity:
Challenges to the CCPT approach
How your clinical knowledge informs and hinders your practice.
Play behavior that frequently challenges the play therapist and how to deal with that.
Q&A
Checkout activity
DAY 4
Applied learning activities
Application of limiting setting skills
Contextual caveats to limits
Lecture; Play therapy skills review
Assessing skill level of participants
Filling in gaps in foundation of child-centered play therapy
Q&A
Checkout activity
About The Presenter:
Dr. Mullen is a professor at SUNY Oswego in the Counseling & Psychological Services Department, where she has been a counselor educator for nearly 30 years. She is the Director of Integrative Counseling Services, an international speaker, author, credentialed play therapist and play therapy supervisor. Dr. Mullen provides training, consultation, and supervision to professional helpers all over the world.
She has authored books on play therapy, counseling children and adolescents, grief counseling and parenting, including: ,
Webinars included in this package:
Foundations in Play Therapy: The Child-Centered Approach Day 1
Foundations in Play Therapy: The Child-Centered Approach Day 2
Foundations in Play Therapy: The Child-Centered Approach Day 3
Foundations in Play Therapy: The Child-Centered Approach Day 4
Accreditation - These webinars offer 12 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
- CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
This presentation is open to:
- Behavior Analysts
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
This online class is offered at an intermediate level, and is beneficial for intermediate level clinician:
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Additional information
- Refunds: Registrants who are unable to attend a CeYou! Plus! seminar or live webinars may ask for, and will receive, a credit or refund (your choice). Refund requests will be processed within 3 business days. When an attendee knows in advance that they are unable to attend we ask that they inform CeYou! Plus! ahead of time by emailing [email protected] or by calling or texting 607-249-4585 this allows us to free up the spot in the training in the event that a training is at or near capacity.
- Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
- Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly.
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- Satisfactory Completion: Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here change to Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion in your account or by clicking here
- Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.
- There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.