Workshop Title: Introduction to Artmaking in the Playroom
Facilitator: Dominique Begnaud, MA, ATR, LPC, NCC, RPT™
Training Date: March 22, 2025
Training Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm CST
Location: The Community Reach - 3751 Pennridge Dr Ste 119 Bridgeton MO 63044
Play Therapy Primary Areas: 2 hours seminal/historical theories, 2 hours skills & methods, 2 hours special topics
APT Continuing Education Hours: 6.0
Delivery options: Contact workshop (STL only) or live webinar
 
Workshop Description:
This contact workshop will help participants learn the foundations of art-making in the playroom and how it can be applied with clients across the lifespan. Attendees will learn how to integrate art into play therapy sessions, while learning the difference between art therapy and art education. Additionally, time will be spent discussing ways to create art in the playroom with limited resources, as well as mobile applications. Cultural considerations in art making for the play therapist will also be explored, with participants leaving the contact workshop with art activities that can immediately be implemented in their play therapy sessions. 
 
Learning Objectives: 
Analyze art-making techniques to implement in mobile play therapy
Identify play therapy clients who can benefit from art-making in the playroom
Demonstrate art-making techniques to use in the playroom with clients of all ages
Discuss cultural considerations in art-making in the playroom 
Identify Gestalt play therapy techniques in art-making
Describe art-making techniques to use in family play therapy sessions