Overview
Via recorded webinar
Course Description:
APT Primary Focus Area(s):
Skills and Methods: 2 CE
Total Play Therapy CE Hours: 2 CE
This course provides therapists with an overview of the nature of directive play therapy along with theoretical foundations and specific interventions and techniques for implementation as part of a goal directed play therapy treatment plan. It includes a clear treatment plan development as well as actionable directive play therapy techniques that can be applied.
The course includes .5 hours of seminal and historical theory and 1.5 hours of play therapy interventions and techniques.
Original recording date: November 11, 2020 Length: 2:04 hours
Learning Objectives:
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe how directive play therapy differs from child centered play therapy.
- Name 5 clinical reasons a therapist might use directive play therapy techniques.
- List 20 directive play therapy interventions.
- Identify 5 appropriate directive play therapy techniques to the play therapy treatment plan in a case scenario.
Sources and Resources (click to expand)
Bratton, S.C., Ray, D., Rhine, T., & Jones, L. (2005). The efficacy of play therapy with children: A meta-analytic review of treatment outcomes. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36, 367–390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.36.4.376
Drewes, A., & Schaefer, C.E. (2014). Introduction: How ply therapy causes therapeutic change. In Schaefer C. E. & Drewes A. (Eds.), The therapeutic powers of play: 20 core agents of change (pp. 1–8). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Giordano, M., Landreth, G., & Jones, L. (2005). A practical handbook for building the play therapy relationship. Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson.
Hambidge, G. (1955). Structured play therapy. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 25(1), 601–617.
Homeyer, L.E., & Morrison, M.O. (2008). Play therapy practice, issues, and trends. American Journal of Play, 1, 210–228.
Jones, K.D., Casado, M., & Robinson, E.H. (2003). Structured play therapy: A model for choosing topics and activities. International Journal of Play Therapy, 12, 31–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0068870
Kenney-Noziska, S., Schaefer, C., & Homeyer, L. (2012). Beyond directive or nondirective: Moving the conversation forward. International Journal of Play Therapy, 21(4), 244–252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028910
Knell, S.M. (1997). Cognitive-behavioral play therapy. In O’Connor K. J. & Braverman L. M. (Eds.), Play therapy theory and practice: A comparative presentation (pp. 79–99). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Kottman, T. (2003). Partners in play: An Adlerian approach to play therapy (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Kottman, T. (2011). Play therapy: Basics and beyond (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Landreth, G.L. (2012). Play therapy: The art of the relationship (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.
Levy, D.M. (1939). Trends in therapy III: Release therapy. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 9, 713–736.
Nash, J.B., & Schaefer, C.E. (2011). Play therapy: Basic concepts and practice. In Schaefer C. E. (Ed.), Foundations of play therapy (2nd ed., pp. 3–14). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Peterson, D., & Boswell, J. (2015). Play therapy in a natural setting: A case example. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 10, 62–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2014.935545
Rasmussen, L.A., & Cunningham, C. (1995). Focused play therapy and non-directive play therapy: Can they be integrated?. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 4, 1–20.
Sloves, R.E., & Peterlin, K.B. (1994). Time-limited play therapy. In O’Connor K. J. & Schaefer C. E. (Eds.), Handbook of play therapy: Advances and innovations (pp. 27–60). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
CE Details:
2 CE recorded webinar contact hour(s)
Core Wellness, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0569 and for mental health counselors, #MHC-0167. Note: Note: This course provides 2 contact hour(s) self-study credits. Core Wellness, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for all programs. Our credits are accepted via reciprocity by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Board of Psychologists. Please verify with your board.
ASWB ACE Approved:
Core Wellness LLC, #1745, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education
(ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Core Wellness LLC, #1745 maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 05/18/2020 to 05/18/2024. Social workers participating in this course will receive 2 continuing education credits (recorded webinar).
NBCC ACEP Approved
Core Wellness, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7094. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Core Wellness, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
APA Approved
Core Wellness, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Core Wellness, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
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Passing Score and Retest Policy:
Completing the video and achieving a posttest score of 80% or above is required to receive CE award. Open material permitted and one can retest unlimited times. Upon passing, we will email you a completion certificate within one business day. If failed, we will email you a retest in the same timeframe.
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Financial Declarations:
The presenter and Core Wellness hereby declare that no conflict of interest, competing interest, or commercial support for the CE program are present. Presenter receives compensation for program delivery and sales as well as sales of his/her personal books and products.
