Workshop Title: Special Topics in Play Therapy
Facilitator: April Duncan, DSW, LCSW, RPT-S™
Training Date: June 27th, 2024
Training Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm PST
Location: D’Veal Youth & Family Services, 2750 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena 91104
CEs: 6 APT Contact CEs
 
Workshop Description:
This advanced workshop will target specific “problem behaviors” that are often seen in clients across the lifespan throughout the play therapy process. In the playroom, this child may struggle with boundaries, display defiant behaviors or lack empathy. It takes a skilled play therapist to identify and support these issues in a nonjudgmental and supportive way. This workshop will help play therapists enhance their competence in addressing issues such as impulse control and anger management. Play therapy interventions will focus on ways to support children and adolescents through issues such as sleep issues and impaired relationships. Time will be spent exploring seminal and historical play therapy seminal theories to enhance skill building in social, cognitive and emotional development from children from all backgrounds. 
 
Learning Objectives:
Compare play therapy seminal theories to address problem behaviors in children and adolescents.
Analyze play therapy interventions to promote social, cognitive and emotional development.
Identify Adlerian Play Therapy techniques to build self-esteem in children across the lifespan. 
Describe play therapy interventions to address impaired sibling relationships.
Explain play therapy activities to build social skills in group play therapy sessions.
Discuss play-based interventions to teach anger management skills in children across the lifespan.
 
Agenda:  
9:00 am-10:30 am Lecture & experiential learning
10:30 am-10:45 am  Break
10:45 am-12:00 pm Lecture & experiential learning
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch break 
1:00 pm-2:30 pm Lecture & experiential learning
2:30 pm-2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm-4:15 pm Lecture & experiential learning
4:15 pm-4:30 pm Q &A and wrap-up