Tips & Techniques to Address Encopresis and Enuresis
Topics: Play Therapy, Encopresis, Enuresis
Audience: Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Play Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists (MFT)
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Tips & Techniques to Address Encopresis and Enuresis
Liana Lowenstein
MSW, RSW, CPT-S
Celebrated Play Therapist - Canada
Certified TF-CBT Therapist
Liana Lowenstein is a Registered Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has been working with children and their families in Toronto since 1988. Her 15 books are used by mental health professionals all over the world. She is a dynamic speaker who has provided trainings throughout North America and abroad, including China, South Africa, Israel, England, New Zealand, Australia, and Slovenia. She is winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada.
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Course Overview
Skills and Methods: 3 CE
Total Play Therapy CE Hours: 3 CE
This three-part webinar series moderated by Liana Lowenstein will present a mix of theory and innovative child and play therapy techniques to address challenging clinical issues. Whether you are a beginning or seasoned child or play therapist, this training will better equip you to deal with some of the toughest clinical issues including dysregulation, problematic sexual behavior, encopresis, and enuresis.
Each three-hour webinar features interviews between Liana Lowenstein and leaders in the field. Liana offers live commentary and weaves together the speaker’s key concepts. You will learn innovative approaches and creative child and play therapy techniques to work more effectively with children, teens, and families.
About the 3 Part Series
This course can be taken as a standalone or as part of the complete series (9 CE total)
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Kimberley O’Brien:
Encopresis, more commonly called “soiling” is a debilitating condition to deal with as a parent, as it usually occurs at a stage when children are past the age of toilet training. While encopresis is a complex problem amongst many families, it is treatable. The majority of children with encopresis can be effectively treated with a combination of medical, psychological, and dietary interventions. This training will outline the diagnostic features, causes, and treatment of encopresis. Behavioral approaches will be highlighted, including how play therapy activities can be incorporated so that children will be more motivated to comply with the treatment protocol.
Susan Stutzman:
There are many children who struggle with the shame, embarrassment, and inconvenience of diurnal or nocturnal Enuresis (or both) who present for child or play therapy. Susan will provide practical knowledge and play based interventions from a Gestalt Therapy perspective heavily informed by neuroscience. Psychoeducation interventions to use with parents will also be highlighted.
- Identify the behavioral causes and maintenance of Encopresis.
- Explain the treatment approach of Encopresis.
- Describe four play therapy activities that can be integrated into behavioral treatment.
- List four different presentations of Enuresis that a child or play therapist may encounter.
- Apply three play therapy interventions to treat Enuresis.
- Implement three psychoeducation interventions to use with parents
Knell, S. & Moore, D.J. (1990). Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy in the Treatment of Encopresis, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 19:1, 55-60, DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp1901_7
Levine, M.D., Bakow, H. (2019). Children with encopresis: A study of treatment outcome. Pediatrics, 58, 845-52.
Shepard, J. A., Poler, J. E., Jr., & Grabman, J. H. (2017). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for pediatric elimination disorders. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46(6), 767–797. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1247356
Susan Stutzman:
Ucuz, I., & Cicek, A. (2021). Therapeutic approaches to children with enuresis: Aretrospective study. Medicine Science | International Medical Journal, 10(1), 7.https://doi.org/10.5455/medscience.2020.11.232
Safiullina, G. I., Yakupov, R. A., & Safiullina, A. A. (2020). Neurophysiological aspects ofenuresis in children. Russian Osteopathic Journal, (1-2), 58–65.https://doi.org/10.32885/2220-0975-2020-1-2-58-65
Smit, M., & Bakker, N. (2021). From defence mechanism to insufficient bladder control:Dutch experts on enuresis nocturna in an age of developing child sciences (c.1950-1990). History of Education, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2021.1884757
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Tips & Techniques to Address Encopresis and Enuresis
Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Play Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists (MFT)
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Core Wellness Reviews
It was useful.
Recorded Participant
I thought it was great!
Melissa Gardner, LSCSW
I encounter enuresis and encopresis much more often than I expected as a therapist working with children. This training gave me the foundational knowledge and skills to feel more confident in addressing the needs of children and families facing these issues. The instructors were both very competent and brought lots of clinical experience to the presentation. I found it to be an engaging presentation.
Read MoreRecorded Participant
The interventions taught to treat enu/enco are appropriate and useful. Now I know that using a Lego toilet can be useful in tx. I appreciate the comprehensiveness of the instruction.
Read MoreJosue Medrano
The training was informative and the presentation style was friendly. While the approach was fairly informal and easy to understand, the content was research-based and engaging.
Read MoreGill Holliday
Knowledgeable and simple strategies to help clients and families overcome enuresis and encopresis
Read MoreRecorded Participant
This was a very helpful training! Both presenters were engaging and offered practical interventions that are easily replicable in a therapy setting. Thanks!
Read MoreSarah Ash, LCSW
This training was excellent is teaching child clinicians about this common but little known childhood challenge. I liked the history, the interventions, and the encouragement that parents need to be involved.
Read MoreBeverly Benner LCSW, RPT-S
Excellect - one of the best trainings I have attended.
Live Participant
Factual and helpful.
Live Participant
It was a great training and I learned a lot!
Live Participant
I thought Susan Stutzman's presentation was exceptionally clear and on point with very practical strategies provided.
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