Engaging Parents, Families, and Systems in Child-Centered Play Therapy
6CEs 4/6/25 9am-4pm MT Meets APT’s definition of “Live Webinar” APT defines all webinars as noncontact, NM Counseling Board does not distinguish between contact and noncontact
APT content area: Seminal Theories and Skills & Methods
Welcome
FREE PREVIEWAbout Kimberly Jayne
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Description & Objectives
FREE PREVIEWIntro to Engaging Parents
Quiz
Evaluation
Engaging Parents, Families, and Systems in Child-Centered Play Therapy
Description:
Parent/caregiver consultation is one of the most critical and often most challenging aspects of play therapy practice. In this workshop, participants will learn a comprehensive framework for parent/caregiver consultation in child-centered play therapy (CCPT), learn attitudes and skills for understanding family culture, parenting values, and styles; considerations for consultation and advocacy within educational settings, and learn strategies to overcome common challenges in parent/caregiver, family, and systems consultation in child-centered play therapy.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to demonstrate skills and attitudes to support parent/caregiver consultation in CCPT.
Participants will be able to articulate the child-centered play therapy approach and philosophy to parents/caregivers.
Participants will identify internal and external barriers to engaging parents/caregivers and families in CCPT.
Participants will be able to identify strategies to address common challenges in parent/caregiver/family consultation in CCPT.
Participants will be able to develop culturally sustaining and personalized CCPT parent/family consultation plans.
Instructor Bio:
Dr. Dee C. Ray