Play More. Be Well.
PLAY THERAPY IMPLEMENTATION (Full Module)
Presented by Play Wellness LLC / Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC
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Date: Tuesday, October 20 - Saturday, October 24, 2020
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EST (daily) Location: Wingate by Wyndham Alpharetta, 1005 Kingswood Place, Alpharetta, Georgia Fee: $675 for 30 CEs with the coupon code PLAYPLAN before September 12, 2020 (Registration after the specified date or without the coupon code is $775) |
The Play Therapy Implementation module assists clinicians with building case conceptualization skills related to play therapy treatment planning, thematic identification and integration, and documentation of session notes. This Play Wellness learning experience includes the following workshops: Play Therapy Treatment Planning (6 CEs), Play Therapy Themes (12 CEs), and Play Therapy Documentation (12 CEs). These workshops are live, in-person and focus on the following APT primary areas: Play Therapy Theories (5 hours) and Play Therapy Skills/Methods (25 hours).
Day 1: Play Therapy Treatment Planning
Day 2: Play Therapy Themes
Day 3: Play Therapy Themes
Day 4: Play Therapy Documentation
Day 5: Play Therapy Documentation
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Introduction to treatment planning, Non-directive treatment outline
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Treatment plan components, Discharge summary, S.M.A.R.T. goals
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Non-directive treatment guide, Directive play therapy goals
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Directive play therapy goals, Play therapy interventions
Day 2: Play Therapy Themes
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Introduction to themes
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Thematic review
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Thematic review
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Thematic review
Day 3: Play Therapy Themes
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Creative exercise for integration
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Creative exercise for integration
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Video review and application of themes
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Video review and application of themes
Day 4: Play Therapy Documentation
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Documentation guidelines, Responsible and ethical documentation
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Documentation formats
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – EHR use, Play therapy session note components
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Play therapy session note templates, Writing steps
Day 5: Play Therapy Documentation
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Treatment case notes
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Session type case notes
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Critical incident cases notes
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Integrating mindset, notes, and forms
The Play Therapy Implementation module includes the learning objectives of the following workshops:
Play Therapy Treatment Planning:
Play Therapy Themes
Play Therapy Documentation
Play Therapy Treatment Planning:
- Review four play therapy treatment planning guidelines as described in the Play Therapy Best Practices (Association for Play Therapy, 2019)
- Describe three values of treatment planning within the context play therapy
- Examine one non-directive play therapy treatment outline and one play therapy treatment plan
- List the five components of S.M.A.R.T. goals for application in play therapy
- Discuss a Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)/filial therapy treatment guide that enhances therapeutic objectives
- Create two S.M.A.R.T. directive play therapy theory goals related to assessment, treatment (client needs, diagnoses, settings, and modalities), and/or termination
- Write two relevant play therapy interventions used to support S.M.A.R.T. play therapy goals
Play Therapy Themes
- Identify three benefits of theme recognition and interpretation in play therapy
- Describe Benedict’s Expanded Themes in Play Therapy (Benedict, 2001)
- Identify seven play types that can be present in play therapy sessions
- Explain four stages within the play therapy session
- Assess eight types of power and aggressive play therapy themes
- List twelve types of attachment and family play therapy themes
- Discuss eighteen types of control and safety play therapy themes
- Describe three types of exploration and mastery play therapy themes
- Identify four types of sexualized play therapy themes
- Discuss four types of non-play play therapy themes
- Analyze twenty types of interpersonal relating play therapy themes
- List four types of process play therapy themes
- Apply multiple themes displayed in a play therapy session to enhance theme identification and interpretation
Play Therapy Documentation
- Describe three play therapy documentation guidelines as described in the Play Therapy Best Practices (Association for Play Therapy, 2019)
- List three ways to document responsibility and ethically within play therapy
- Analyze three documentation formats for integration into play therapy session notes
- Critique five pros and cons regarding the use of electronic health records within the context of play therapy
- Discuss nine essential components of a play therapy session note
- Assess two play therapy session notes, including the Child Centered review form and BASK session summary
- Apply five steps for writing play therapy session notes
- Write one play therapy session note based on the treatment process
- Write one play therapy session note based on the session type
- Write one play therapy session note based on a critical incident in play therapy
- Prepare one clinical note on a play therapy session form to enhance documentation and case conceptualization skills
- Demonstrate the use of one cognitive reframe to build professional confidence related to providing quality documentation
This workshop is for thirty (30) continuing education hours. Certificates are issued at the end of the workshop pending full attendance and completion of the workshop evaluation.
Play Therapists: Play Wellness LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Association for Play Therapy: APT Approved Provider 16-449. Per the Association for Play Therapy (APT), play therapy training may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. APT alone holds the right to accept or deny any continuing education training at its discretion.
Counselors: 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.
Other Professionals: This course qualifies for 30 hours of instruction content as required by many national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Play Therapists: Play Wellness LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Association for Play Therapy: APT Approved Provider 16-449. Per the Association for Play Therapy (APT), play therapy training may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. APT alone holds the right to accept or deny any continuing education training at its discretion.
Counselors: 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.
Other Professionals: This course qualifies for 30 hours of instruction content as required by many national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Accommodations: 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 continuing education (CEs), participants who arrive late or depart early from the workshop will forfeit CEs for the entire workshop. Additionally, all virtual live workshops require webcam usage. 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 have less registrants or that are full to capacity. Participants will be provided with advanced notice if applicable.
Commercial Support / Conflict of Interest Statement: There is currently no financial support or potential conflicts of interest for the training program at Play Wellness LLC. If a potential conflict of interest occurs, the trainer will clearly state financial support or other conflicts of interest at the time the continuing education program begins.
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 video recordings) may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed in perpetuity with no geographic limitations. Without expectation of compensation or other remuneration, now or in the future, you give consent for Play Wellness LLC, its affiliates and agents, to use your images and likeness in publications, advertising, media activities (including the internet), and/or for educational purposes. If you prefer not to have your likeness published, 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 continuing education (CEs), participants who arrive late or depart early from the workshop will forfeit CEs for the entire workshop. Additionally, all virtual live workshops require webcam usage. 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 have less registrants or that are full to capacity. Participants will be provided with advanced notice if applicable.
Commercial Support / Conflict of Interest Statement: There is currently no financial support or potential conflicts of interest for the training program at Play Wellness LLC. If a potential conflict of interest occurs, the trainer will clearly state financial support or other conflicts of interest at the time the continuing education program begins.
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 video recordings) may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed in perpetuity with no geographic limitations. Without expectation of compensation or other remuneration, now or in the future, you give consent for Play Wellness LLC, its affiliates and agents, to use your images and likeness in publications, advertising, media activities (including the internet), and/or for educational purposes. If you prefer not to have your likeness published, document such desires in the “additional comments/questions” section of the registration page.
Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC is the owner of Play Wellness LLC and founder of the Child Loss Center Inc. Dr. Fountain 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 a variety of clinical settings (e.g., elementary/middle school, community, psychiatric residential, college counseling, and private practice). She specializes in verbal and non-verbal therapies (e.g., play therapy, sand therapy, therapeutic game play) and provides care to parents and their infants/children, to business and helping professionals, and to trauma and grief overcomers.
Dr. Fountain has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor. She loves and teaches graduate level play therapy and mental health courses at several universities. She has presented over 150 trainings locally, nationally, and internationally, has supervised over 100 mental health clinicians, has spoken at several speaking engagements, and has written professional publications. 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 a variety of clinical settings (e.g., elementary/middle school, community, psychiatric residential, college counseling, and private practice). She specializes in verbal and non-verbal therapies (e.g., play therapy, sand therapy, therapeutic game play) and provides care to parents and their infants/children, to business and helping professionals, and to trauma and grief overcomers.
Dr. Fountain has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor. She loves and teaches graduate level play therapy and mental health courses at several universities. She has presented over 150 trainings locally, nationally, and internationally, has supervised over 100 mental health clinicians, has spoken at several speaking engagements, and has written professional publications. Dr. Fountain strongly advocates for the effective care and wellbeing of clinicians to stimulate optimal client care and wellness.
Play Wellness’ continuing education workshops integrate theory and experiential learning. Trainings often include 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.
Our workshops are evaluated based on the following criterion: 1) Program Objectives, 2) Content, 3) Instructor, 4) Venue/Setting, and 5) Learning.
This workshop has an average rating of 4.97 (on a scale of 1-poor to 5-excellent) by 3 reviewers.
Qualitative Feedback
"Dr. Fountain is so knowledgable and expresses herself well. I will attend her other trainings as well. She is organized and enthusiastic. Please increase the four day training to five days." ~ Licensed Counselor and Credentialed Play Therapist, 11/2019
This workshop has an average rating of 4.97 (on a scale of 1-poor to 5-excellent) by 3 reviewers.
Qualitative Feedback
"Dr. Fountain is so knowledgable and expresses herself well. I will attend her other trainings as well. She is organized and enthusiastic. Please increase the four day training to five days." ~ Licensed Counselor and Credentialed Play Therapist, 11/2019