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Foundations in Play Therapy: The Child-Centered Approach Day 1

Previously Recorded
Jodi Mullen PhD, LMHC, RPT-S
$199.99 Cost For Member: $99.99

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.

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.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify three ways to use play therapy with children
  2. Replicate play therapy techniques suitable for children
  3. Use beginning play therapy skills to address the developmental and emotional needs of children
  4. Accurately identify feelings in children
  5. Explain the culture of childhood as it relates to Play Therapy
  6. Describe the play therapy approach with children
  7. Name three ways play therapists demonstrate fidelity to the CCPT approach
  8. Explain why asking questions and using praise are inconsistent with the CCPT model
  9. Demonstrate three ways that clinical responses are adapted from a culture of childhood perspective

Agenda:

DAY 1 February 3, 2025


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




This workshop offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

This presentation is open to:
  • 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
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • 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

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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