Play More. Be Well.
THE POWERS OF SANDTRAY
Presented by Play Wellness LLC / Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC
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Date: Friday, July 26 - Saturday, July 27, 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 SANDPOWER before June 23, 2019 (Registration after the specified date or without the coupon code is $310.) |
Power + Sand = Sandtray Therapy! This Play Wellness learning experience focuses on fully experiencing the powers of sandtray therapy in counseling and play therapy. Participants will learn how to explore the unconscious in a non-threatening manner using tracking skills, respectful witnessing, and verbal springboard for use with a variety of ages and populations. Participants will explore vulnerabilities in a non-threatening manner to enhance personal and professional self-awareness as mental health and play therapy professionals. This is a live, in-person workshop that focuses on the following APT content area: Play Therapy Techniques/Skills (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
- Define sandtray therapy and briefly review its history with children and within the context of play therapy
- Recognize at least ten benefits of utilizing sandtray therapy along with its parallels to play therapy
- Identify four materials for setting up sandtray in counseling and play therapy
- Identify three types of sensory trays for use with children in play therapy
- Explore individual and group sandtray use within the school setting
- Review the six steps of processing sandtray therapy within the context of counseling and play therapy
- Practice at least one sandtray activity that enhances connection with the sand
- Practice at least one introductory sandtray activity for use in counseling and play therapy
- Practice processing one sandtray within the context of Child Centered Play Therapy
- Create at least two sandtrays that can be useful with individuals, couples, and families in counseling and play therapy
- Practice processing one sandtray using respectful witnessing and one directive sandtray using verbal springboard
- Create at least one concluding sandtray that can be used with a counseling or play therapy group
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.
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 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 4.9 (on a scale of 1-poor to 5-excellent) by 29 reviewers.
Qualitative Feedback
"I truly like the active role playing and practice using/doing sandtray therapy and in play therapy" ~ Social Worker, 03/2018
"Interesting and very informative!" ~ Professional Counselor, 09/2017
"Very informative and a good presentation. I would like more play therapy workshops." ~ Professional Counselor, 09/2017
Thank you! I really enjoyed your style of training. Very informative and I can tell you really enjoy and are passionate about what you do. I will be back for more training! ~ Professional Counselor, 06/2017
Great! Blessed to have partaken. No complaints. Really enjoyed and benefited form both you and your workshop. ~ Professional Counselor, 06/2017
"Thank you! The training was engaging and educating." ~ Master's Student, 04/2017
"I was most amazed by all of the different benefits of using sandtray therapy." ~ Doctoral Student, 04/2017
"Wonderful! More processing. Very experiential." ~ Social Worker, 04/2017
"Really fun!" ~ Professional Counselor, 04/2017
Qualitative Feedback
"I truly like the active role playing and practice using/doing sandtray therapy and in play therapy" ~ Social Worker, 03/2018
"Interesting and very informative!" ~ Professional Counselor, 09/2017
"Very informative and a good presentation. I would like more play therapy workshops." ~ Professional Counselor, 09/2017
Thank you! I really enjoyed your style of training. Very informative and I can tell you really enjoy and are passionate about what you do. I will be back for more training! ~ Professional Counselor, 06/2017
Great! Blessed to have partaken. No complaints. Really enjoyed and benefited form both you and your workshop. ~ Professional Counselor, 06/2017
"Thank you! The training was engaging and educating." ~ Master's Student, 04/2017
"I was most amazed by all of the different benefits of using sandtray therapy." ~ Doctoral Student, 04/2017
"Wonderful! More processing. Very experiential." ~ Social Worker, 04/2017
"Really fun!" ~ Professional Counselor, 04/2017