Overview
Via recorded webinar
Course Description:
Puppet play therapy is a form of play therapy that involves the use of puppets by mental health professionals for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. In this engaging and interactive training, participants will learn the benefits of incorporating puppets into play therapy sessions with children and families. Through activity demonstrations and experiential exercises, participants will strengthen their puppetry skills, and will learn creative techniques using puppets.
Original recording date: May 3, 2022 Length: 2 hours 1 minute
Learning Objectives:
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- List at least three therapeutic powers of puppets.
- Describe at least three guidelines for selecting puppets for use in play therapy.
- Describe at least three essential puppetry skills.
- Implement at least three creative techniques using puppets
Sources and Resources (click to expand)
Bromfield, R. The use of puppets in play therapy. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 12, 435–444 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875812
Butler, S., Guterman, J.T., & Rudes, J. (2009). Using puppets with children in narrative therapy to externalize the problem. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 31, 225-233.
Crenshaw, D., & Stewart, A. (Eds). (2016). Play therapy: A comprehensive guide to theory and practice. New York: Guilford.
Drewes, A. A., & Schaefer, C. E. (Eds.) (2017). Puppet play therapy: A practical guidebook. New York: Routledge.
Guterman, J. T., & Martin, C. V. (2016). Using puppets with aggressive children to externalize the problem in narrative therapy. In A. A. Drewes & C. E. Schaefer (Eds.), Play therapy in middle childhood (pp. 135–151). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14776-008
Hartwig, E. K. (2014). Puppets in the playroom: Utilizing puppets and child-centered facilitative skills as a metaphor for healing. International Journal of Play Therapy, 23(4), 204–216. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038054
Hurlburd, C. (2020). Puppet-assisted play therapy. New York: Routledge.
Irwin, E.C. (2002). Using puppets for assessment. In C. E. Schaefer and D. Cangelosi (Eds.), Play therapy techniques (2nd ed., pp. 101-113). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Schaefer, C., & Cangelosi, D. (2016). Essential play therapy techniques: Time-tested approaches. New York: Guilford.
Schaefer, C. E., & Drewes, A. A. (2018). Fundamental concepts and practices of puppet play therapy. In A. A. Drewes & C. E. Schaefer (Eds.), Puppet play therapy: A practical guidebook (pp. 3–16). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
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.
