Books, Games, and Media, OH MY: Broadening Your Play Therapy Toolbox
Friday, November 1, 2019
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Continental Breakfast and Snacks included (Lunch on your own)
In this fun, creative, and experiential workshop participants will learn the basics of Cognitive Behavior Play Therapy and how to add new tools to their Play Therapy toolbox using books, games, and media. Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy is an evidence-based practice that uses toys and other play materials to create changes in children’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Participants will be empowered to use new skills and tools immediately in their work with children!
Who should attend:
Those who are new to play therapy or who work with children will learn many new techniques and ways to incorporate books, media, and games into their sessions with children. For more seasoned clinicians, this is designed to meet the Association for Play Therapy’s new credentialing criteria for required instruction on “Seminal or Historically Significant theories” and “Skills & Methods”
About the Presenter:
Ann Meehan, MS, LPCC, RPT-S S specializes in helping children, adolescents, and families heal, grow, move forward from life’s difficulties, big emotions, and challenging behaviors. Ann is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor
(RPT-S), trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) through EMDRIA, an EMDRIA Consultant in Training, and a Certified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral (TF-CBT) therapist. She provides supervision services for those pursuing licensures, credentials as a Registered Play Therapist, and those who wish to become EMDR Certified through EMDRIA. She has experience presenting on Bibliotherapy at the MACMH Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference and on the topics of Play Therapy and EMDR and providing therapy in school system.
At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify at least three differences between Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Child Centered Play Therapy with the use of books, media, and games.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and select appropriate materials for the use of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy.
- Identify at least three ways to introduce activities that include books, media, and games.
- Demonstrate the effective use of at least 4 bibliotherapy techniques within a Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy framework.
- Demonstrate the effective use of at least 4 Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy techniques with games.
- Demonstrate the effective use of at least 4 media based Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy techniques.
Location:
Life Development Resources
7580 160th Street W
Lakeville, MN 55044
www.lifedrs.com
Cost: $150.00
CEU’s: 6
6 Contact Play Therapy Credits
Ann Meehan is an APT Approved Provider 19-580
Registration:
Contact Jeanine Nelson @ jeaninen@lifedrs.com or (952) 564-6095
No refund for cancellation after 8:00 am (CST), October 24, 2019. A $30.00 service charge applies to each returned check.
Space is Limited – Register Soon!
Workshop Contents and Schedule
8:15 – 8:30: Registration and Introductory Remarks
8:30 – 8:45: Importance of play, definition of play therapy, appropriate candidates and diagnoses
8:45 – 9:15: Differences between directive and nondirective play therapy and play therapy theories, defining Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Child Centered Play Therapy
9:15 – 9:30: Bibliotherapy: Definition, History, and Types
9:30 – 10:15: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Bibliotherapy Techniques
10:15 – 10:30: BREAK
10:30 – 11:30: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Bibliotherapy Techniques
11:30 – 11:45: Games in Play Therapy: Definition and Types
11:45 – 12:00: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Interventions with Games
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy interventions with Games cont.
2:00 – 2:15: Media in Play Therapy: Definition and Types
2:15 – 2:30: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with Media techniques
2:30 – 2:45: BREAK
2:45 – 3:30: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with Media techniques cont.
3:30 – 3:45: Closing Play Therapy Activity
3:45 – 4:00: Questions and Ending Comments
