Play More. Be Well.
NON-DIRECTIVE PLAY THERAPY
Presented by Play Wellness LLC / Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC
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Date: Monday, May 6 - Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EST Location: 555 Sun Valley Drive, Suite L3, Roswell, GA 30076 Fee: $280 for 12 CEs with the coupon code CHILDSPLAY before April 21, 2019. (Registration after the specified date or without the coupon code is $310.) |
This Play Wellness learning experience focuses on learning the foundational principles and practices of non-directive play therapy, inclusive of the evidence-based practice Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT). Participants will explore the child friendly language of play with strategies for using it therapeutically in communication and relationships with children. Participants will explore the Child Centered Play Therapy process and practice facilitative responding and limit setting skills. This is a live, in-person workshop that focuses on the following APT content area: Play Therapy Seminal Theories (12 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
- Explore the rationale for non-directive play therapy
- Identify eight basic principles of non-directive play therapy as developed by Virginia Axline
- Review Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) as a theoretical approach and an evidence-based practice
- Recognize five of the CCPT principles for relating with children
- Recognize four healing messages of CCPT
- Identify three categories of developmentally appropriate play therapy toys and materials for the purposes of both assessment and treatment
- Apply at least two CCPT non-verbal facilitative responding skills
- Apply at least four CCPT verbal facilitative responding skills
- Practice completing one Play Therapy Skills Checklist (Ray, 2004)
- Identify six typical issues in CCPT
- Apply the A.C.T. limit setting model for typical problems in play therapy
- Explore three ways to assess for CCPT termination
This workshop provides twelve (12) 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 12 hours of instructional 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 12 hours of instructional 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.
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.
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 4.8 (on a scale of 1-poor to 5-excellent) by 17 reviewers.
Qualitative Feedback
"I enjoyed the interactivity components. It helped to enhance the training experience receiving support and hearing feedback from my peers. I learned how everything that happens in the playroom can and is therapeutic. The child has the capacity to heal themselves and wants to grow and be self-actualized. We, the adults, have to learn to hold the space for that growth." ~ Social Worker, 5/2019
"The program was well thought out." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"The opportunity to practice skills in a clinical-type setting was very beneficial. I learned a great deal about the rationale for and research behind non-directive therapy, as well as skills to be utilized." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"I was unsure of how an interactive webinar would work, and I was highly impressed! The ability to work in pairs, have interactive discussion, and ask questions was wonderful! Not to mention the convenience of being at home. I am so grateful for this resource!" ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"This was such a great training. I have attended a lot of play therapy trainings and this has been my favorite, by far. Yolanda is a great presenter, is very knowledgable, and creates an open and supportive environment for training." ~ Social Worker, 5/2019
"Very helpful and useful." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"It went great and effectively helped me transfer some of the concepts to group work." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"I enjoyed the peer web interaction and activities to reinforce learning of CCPT skills." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"Enjoyed it so much! Learned a lot!" ~ Professional Counselor, 5/2019
This training exceeded my expectations, and I look forward to attending future trainings! Thank you! ~ Social Worker, 5/2019
"It was helpful when each skill was identified during the videotape. I enjoyed the role plays." ~ Professional Counselor, 5/2019
Qualitative Feedback
"I enjoyed the interactivity components. It helped to enhance the training experience receiving support and hearing feedback from my peers. I learned how everything that happens in the playroom can and is therapeutic. The child has the capacity to heal themselves and wants to grow and be self-actualized. We, the adults, have to learn to hold the space for that growth." ~ Social Worker, 5/2019
"The program was well thought out." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"The opportunity to practice skills in a clinical-type setting was very beneficial. I learned a great deal about the rationale for and research behind non-directive therapy, as well as skills to be utilized." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"I was unsure of how an interactive webinar would work, and I was highly impressed! The ability to work in pairs, have interactive discussion, and ask questions was wonderful! Not to mention the convenience of being at home. I am so grateful for this resource!" ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"This was such a great training. I have attended a lot of play therapy trainings and this has been my favorite, by far. Yolanda is a great presenter, is very knowledgable, and creates an open and supportive environment for training." ~ Social Worker, 5/2019
"Very helpful and useful." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"It went great and effectively helped me transfer some of the concepts to group work." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"I enjoyed the peer web interaction and activities to reinforce learning of CCPT skills." ~ Licensed Therapist, 5/2019
"Enjoyed it so much! Learned a lot!" ~ Professional Counselor, 5/2019
This training exceeded my expectations, and I look forward to attending future trainings! Thank you! ~ Social Worker, 5/2019
"It was helpful when each skill was identified during the videotape. I enjoyed the role plays." ~ Professional Counselor, 5/2019