Play More. Be Well.
PLAY THERAPY WITH BIOLOGICAL DRIVES MANIFESTING AS MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
Presented by Play Wellness LLC / Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC
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Date: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EST Location: 555 Sun Valley Drive, Suite L3, Roswell, GA 30076 Fee: $140 for 6 CEs with the coupon code BIOPLAY before September 1, 2019 (Registration after the specified date or without the coupon code is $155) |
This Play Wellness learning experience focuses on biological drives manifesting as mental health disorders according to ICD codes as shared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Participants will explore somatic, feeding, eating, elimination, sleep-wake, gender dysphoria, and medical differential diagnoses. Current research, assessment considerations, differential diagnosis, and applicable play therapy theories, treatment strategies, and interventions will be shared. This workshop meets the criteria for the School-Based Registered Play Therapist DSM renewal requirement. This is a live, in-person workshop that focuses on the following APT content area: Play Therapy Applications/Special Populations (6 hours).
Daily Schedule
8:45 am – 9:00 am: Sign-In
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Training
10:30am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm: Training
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm: Training
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Training
8:45 am – 9:00 am: Sign-In
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Training
10:30am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm: Training
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Lunch (on your own)
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm: Training
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Training
- Examine somatic symptoms and useful play therapy activities
- Recognize diagnostic criteria for feeding and eating disorders and resources for play therapy clients
- Identify types of elimination disorders and strategies to enhance healthy functioning
- Explore sleep-wake disorders and resources that enhance the provision of play therapy and counseling
- Examine diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria and review current research and helpful play therapy interventions
- Describe medical differential diagnoses and comorbidity and acknowledge when to refer play therapy clients for additional care
This workshop is approved for six (6) continuing education hours. Play Wellness LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Association for Play Therapy: APT Approved Provider 16-449. Play Wellness LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6828. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Play Wellness LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Certificates are issued at the end of the workshop pending full attendance and completion of the workshop evaluation.
ABILITIES: Play Wellness is glad to make reasonable efforts to accommodate participants with different abilities. If the participant needs ADA accommodations, the participant needs to discuss his/her specific needs and make the necessary arrangements before registering and with at least ten (10) business days advanced notice via phone at 678-395-4965 or email at training@playwellness.net.
ATTENDANCE: By registering for the workshop, the participant is pledging to arrive on time and stay for the duration of the workshop. Per associations that grant CEs, participants who arrive late or depart early from the workshop will forfeit CEs for the entire workshop. Handouts are not provided to participants who miss the training. If the participant misplaces a CE certificate, there is a $25 replacement fee.
CANCELLATIONS: Written cancellation requests that are emailed to training@playwellness.net with at least 10 business days prior to the selected training will be provided a refund minus a $40 per training day processing fee. Credit/refunds are not provided for scheduled trainings that are cancelled with less than ten business days of notice. Play Wellness LLC reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to inclement weather or instructor illness/emergency. When applicable, participants will be notified via email prior to the date of the cancelled workshop. Participants will be emailed information regarding the rescheduled date within ten business days of the cancelled workshop.
CAPACITY: Play Wellness reserves the right to change locations, formats, and/or offer additional dates and times for workshops that do not have enough registrants or that are full to capacity. Participants will be provided with advanced notice if applicable.
GRIEVANCE: Play Wellness desires for you to receive quality training in a fun learning environment. If the participant has a concern regarding any aspect of the workshop, it is expected that the participant will address it with the continuing education chair, Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC, via verbal and/or written documentation aimed at achieving a satisfactory resolution for the participant. To assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, the advisory committee may be included in the process.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Play Wellness shares professional fun moments taken during our trainings on our social media pages and for other educational purposes. Images (photos or videos) may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed in perpetuity with no geographic limitations. If you prefer not to have your likeness published, please document such desires in the “additional comments/questions” section of the registration page.
ATTENDANCE: By registering for the workshop, the participant is pledging to arrive on time and stay for the duration of the workshop. Per associations that grant CEs, participants who arrive late or depart early from the workshop will forfeit CEs for the entire workshop. Handouts are not provided to participants who miss the training. If the participant misplaces a CE certificate, there is a $25 replacement fee.
CANCELLATIONS: Written cancellation requests that are emailed to training@playwellness.net with at least 10 business days prior to the selected training will be provided a refund minus a $40 per training day processing fee. Credit/refunds are not provided for scheduled trainings that are cancelled with less than ten business days of notice. Play Wellness LLC reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to inclement weather or instructor illness/emergency. When applicable, participants will be notified via email prior to the date of the cancelled workshop. Participants will be emailed information regarding the rescheduled date within ten business days of the cancelled workshop.
CAPACITY: Play Wellness reserves the right to change locations, formats, and/or offer additional dates and times for workshops that do not have enough registrants or that are full to capacity. Participants will be provided with advanced notice if applicable.
GRIEVANCE: Play Wellness desires for you to receive quality training in a fun learning environment. If the participant has a concern regarding any aspect of the workshop, it is expected that the participant will address it with the continuing education chair, Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC, via verbal and/or written documentation aimed at achieving a satisfactory resolution for the participant. To assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, the advisory committee may be included in the process.
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Play Wellness shares professional fun moments taken during our trainings on our social media pages and for other educational purposes. Images (photos or videos) may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed in perpetuity with no geographic limitations. If you prefer not to have your likeness published, please document such desires in the “additional comments/questions” section of the registration page.
Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC is the founder of Play Wellness LLC and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). She earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Mercer University and a post-graduate certificate in Working with Survivors of Violence, Torture, and Trauma from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Fountain has worked in the mental/behavioral health field since 2006 in the grade school, community, psychiatric residential, college counseling, and private practice settings. She specializes in play therapy and sandtray therapy and providing care to business and helping professionals, parents and their infants/children, and trauma survivors. She has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor. Dr. Fountain loves and teaches graduate-level play therapy and mental health courses at several universities. She has also presented at local, regional, national, and international conferences on multiple topics related to mental health (wellness and illness). Dr. Fountain strongly advocates for the effective care and wellbeing of clinicians to stimulate optimal client care and wellness.
Dr. Fountain has worked in the mental/behavioral health field since 2006 in the grade school, community, psychiatric residential, college counseling, and private practice settings. She specializes in play therapy and sandtray therapy and providing care to business and helping professionals, parents and their infants/children, and trauma survivors. She has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor. Dr. Fountain loves and teaches graduate-level play therapy and mental health courses at several universities. She has also presented at local, regional, national, and international conferences on multiple topics related to mental health (wellness and illness). Dr. Fountain strongly advocates for the effective care and wellbeing of clinicians to stimulate optimal client care and wellness.
Play Wellness’ workshops integrate theory and experiential learning. Teaching methods often include a lecture with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation, individual/group experiential activities, individual reflection, group discussion, role-playing, case presentations, critical thinking exercises, video review/critique, and/or an e-learning examination.