Balance, Not Calm: Regulation and Co-Regulation with Children - ONLINE
With Lisa Morrell Dawson, MA, MS, LPC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Saturday, February 15, 2025 10:00 am – 1:15 pm (CST)
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Cost: $80
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3 CE Live Webinar/Non-Contact Hours
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Evaluation and Post-Test Completion to qualify for CE’s.
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Your camera must remain on in order to quality for CE’s.
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This course is approved for APT (Provider #17-514.)
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This course is approved for Oklahoma LPC, LMFT, and LCSW (Provider #20240385)
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Training meets the APT requirements for contact hours of CE via live webinars.
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Limit 50 participants.
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Calm Down! A message often said, but rarely effective. Regulation is a term used frequently in the field of play therapy and child therapy. What does it mean? How do we achieve it? Whose responsibility is it? Join us to identify terms, developmentally appropriate expectations, develop a self-regulation plan for yourself and a co-regulation plan for a client, and help caregivers/teachers regulate themselves in order to help children regulate. This is an interactive training with play therapy activities and group work. Develop your own balance!
Objectives:
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Identify and describe the stages/ characteristics of regulation from infants to adults to utilize in play therapy
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Identify and describe at least 2 play therapy activities to support clients with regulation.
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Identify and describe the impact of your own beliefs and biases on your work with children and families in play therapy.
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Identify and create your own plan for self-regulation.
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Identify and create a plan for at least one client in play therapy.
APT Professional Competencies Addressed:
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1c. Demonstrate knowledge of the therapeutic relationship in play therapy
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1e. Apply theories and stages of childhood development in play therapy
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1i. Demonstrate knowledge of childhood-related problems and mental health diagnosis/disorders
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1j. Demonstrate an understanding of the diverse impacts of childhood trauma (e.g., neurobiological, systemic, social) and the implications in play therapy
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2b. Demonstrate relationship and rapport building skills (e.g., empathy, safety, unconditional positive regard) by utilizing ‘self’ in relationships with children, caregivers, stakeholders in play therapy
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2h. Demonstrate understanding of own cultural and social identity and its influence in the play therapy process
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3f. Seek and integrate play therapy-specific supervision and consultation
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3g. Practice self-care to maintain quality play therapy services
IMH-E® Professional Competencies Addressed:
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Theoretical Foundations: infant/young child development and behavior, infant/young child and family-centered practice, relationship-focused practice, relationship-focused therapeutic practice, family relationships and dynamics, attachment, separation, trauma, grief, and loss, disorders of infancy/early childhood, psychotherapeutic and behavioral theories of change
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Direct Service Skills: observation and listening, responding with empathy. life skills, safety, developmental guidance, supportive counseling, parent-infant/young child relationship-based therapies and practices
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Working with Others: building and maintaining relationships, supporting others, collaborating, resolving conflict, empathy and compassion
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Reflection: contemplation, self-awareness, curiosity, professional/personal development, emotional response, parallel process
Schedule:
9:45 am – Sign In
10:00 am – Training Begins
1:15 pm – Training Ends
There will be one 15-minute break
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To register, go to the EVENTS page.
What Can I Do If?... Setting Limits in Play Therapy - ONLINE
With Lisa Morrell Dawson, MA, MS, LPC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Friday, March 7, 2025 (10:00 am – 1:15 pm CST)
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Cost: $80
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3 CE Live Webinar/Non-Contact Hours
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Evaluation and Post-Test Completion to qualify for CE’s.
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Your camera must remain on in order to quality for CE’s.
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This course is approved for LPC, LMFT, and LCSW (Provider Number 20240385) in Oklahoma. This course is approved for APT (Provider #17-514.)
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Training meets the APT requirements for contact hours of CE via live webinars.
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Limit 50 participants.
Join us for a 3-hour live webinar that goes into detail for setting limits and boundaries in child-centered play therapy. Topics covered include 3 Step ACT (Acknowledge, Communicate, Target), incentives and rewards, redirection, working with parents, responding to questions, aggressive actions, and unique situations. This course is interactive and structured to be inclusive of different learning styles.
Objectives:
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Identify and practice steps of ACT to use in play therapy.
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Identify 2 limits to set with parents in the playroom with play therapy.
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Identify at least 2 ways to reply to questions children ask in play therapy.
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Identify and practice offering choices in play therapy.
APT Professional Competencies Addressed:
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1c. Demonstrate knowledge of the therapeutic relationship in play therapy
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2h. Demonstrate understanding of own cultural and social identity and its influence in the play therapy process
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3g. Practice self-care to maintain quality play therapy services.
IMH-E® Professional Competencies Addressed:
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Theoretical Foundations: infant/young child development and behavior, relationship-focused, therapeutic practice
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Direct Service Skills: Safety, responding with empathy
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Thinking: Solving problems, exercising sound judgment, maintaining perspective, planning and organizing
Schedule:
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9:45 am - Sign in
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10:00 am – Training Begins
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1:15 pm – Training Ends
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There will be one 15-minute break
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To register, go to the EVENTS page.
Sandtray Basics in Play Therapy
– IN PERSON
With Sara Haas, PhD, LPC, CCPT-S, CPRT-S, NCC, Registered Play Therapist™ and Lisa Morrell Dawson, MA, MS, LPC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, 2025
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Cost: $350
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12 CE Contact Hours
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This course is approved for LPC, LMFT, and LCSW (Provider Number 20240385) in Oklahoma. This course is approved for APT (Provider #17-514.)
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Class size is limited.
Northeastern State University - Broken Arrow, OK
3100 E New Orleans, Broken Arrow, OK 74014
This course is designed to provide the therapist with the basics of sandtray in play therapy. Participants will engage in activities including role play, lecture, reflection & small group discussion. Topics include selection of sand, selection and display of miniatures, designing a portable sandtray, process vs. product, processing tray with client, identifying themes and developmental expectations of clients. Each participant will be provided with a portable sandtray and miniatures to keep.
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Objectives:
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Describe how to set up, conduct & process a sandtray as part of a play therapy session.
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Describe the purpose of categories of miniatures in play therapy and sandtray therapy
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Identify and discuss issues regarding selection of miniatures in play therapy.
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Identify and describe how to be inclusive and affirming in play and sandtray therapy.
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Identify key history & key theorists regarding sandtrays in play therapy.
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Identify common themes in the sandtray process during a play therapy session.
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Identify sandtray interventions to use in play therapy with different populations.
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Engage in group sandtray activities in play therapy.
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Participate in role play activities while completing sand tray activities.
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Identify how sandtray activities can be utilized in play therapy sessions with families and individuals.
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Identify age/developmental expectations for using sandtray in play therapy.
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Actively participate in a sandtray play practice sessions.
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Identify at least 2 sandtray play activities to utilize in the school counselor’s office.
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Identify at least 2 sandtray play activities to utilize in the classroom.
IMH-E® Professional Competencies Addressed:
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Theoretical Foundations: attachment, separation, trauma, grief, and loss; cultural competence; psychotherapeutic and behavioral theories of change; adult learning theory and practice
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Direct Service Skills: observation and listening; intervention/treatment planning; developmental guidance
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Reflection: contemplation; self-awareness; curiosity; emotional response; parallel process
APT Professional Competencies Addressed:
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1a. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of play therapy
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1c. Demonstrate knowledge of the therapeutic relationship in play therapy
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1d. Demonstrate knowledge of seminal/historically significant play therapy theories and models
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1e. Apply theories and stages of childhood development in play therapy
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1h. Demonstrate knowledge of family & systemic theories in play therapy
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1j. Demonstrate an understanding of the diverse impacts of childhood trauma (e.g., neurobiological, systemic, social) and the implications in play therapy
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1k. Demonstrate knowledge of assessment in play therapy
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2b. Demonstrate relationship and rapport building skills (e.g., empathy, safety, unconditional positive regard) by utilizing ‘self’ in relationships with children, caregivers, stakeholders in play therapy
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2f. Identify play dynamics (e.g., types of play, themes, stages) and incorporate clinical considerations in treatment
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2h. Demonstrate understanding of own cultural and social identity and its influence in the play therapy process
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2i. Exhibit multicultural orientation to diversity, equity, and inclusion through a culturally and socially diverse playroom and play therapy process
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3d. Recognize and adhere to the limits of professional scope of competence in play therapy
Schedule:
Friday, April 11, 2025 (5.5 hours)
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12:00 pm – Registration and Sign In
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12:30 pm - Course Begins
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6:00 pm - End of Day
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There will be a 30-minute break provided
Saturday, April 12, 2025 (6.5 hours)
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8:45 am - Course Begins
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11:45 am – 1:00 pm - Lunch
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4:30 pm - End of Day
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To register, go to the EVENTS page.
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The Wonderful World of Supervision – IN PERSON
With NanDee Walker, LPC-S, NCC, Registered Play Therapist™ and
Melissa Winterscheid, LPC-S, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Friday, May 2, 2025 (8:30 am – 11:45 am CST)
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Cost: $80
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3 CE Contact Hours
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This course is approved for LPC, LMFT, and LCSW (Provider Number 20240385) in Oklahoma. This course is approved for APT (Provider #17-514.)
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Location: TBA (will be in Tulsa area)
This advanced level training will explore the common and not-so-common challenges faced by play therapy and mental health supervisors and their supervisees. Designed for supervisors utilizing play therapy and expressive arts modalities, participants will gain insight into their own theory of play therapy supervision and increase their skills in applying those principles for effective and beneficial supervision. Participants and facilitators will utilize here and now experiences to engage interactively with each other and the important elements of supervision in play therapy and therapy.
Objectives:
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Explore theories of supervision in play therapy and therapy.
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Discuss and express the advantages of self-awareness and knowing their own ‘why’ behind theoretical orientation in play therapy and therapy.
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Demonstrate at least 2 play therapy skills to decrease imposter syndrome in themselves and their supervisees.
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Explain and express an understanding of the importance of consultation in play therapy and therapy for themselves and their supervisees.
APT Professional Competencies Addressed:
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1f. Identify and apply ethical practices in play therapy.
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1j. Demonstrate an understanding of the diverse impacts of childhood trauma (e.g., neurobiological, systemic, social) and the implications in play therapy.
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3f. Seek and integrate play therapy-specific supervision and consultation.
Schedule:
8:15 am – Registration/Sign-In
8:30 am – Course
11:45 am – Course Ends
There will be one 15-minute break provided
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To register, go to the EVENTS page.
Ethics in a Non-Fantasy Play Therapy Land – IN PERSON
With NanDee Walker, LPC-S, NCC, Registered Play Therapist™ and
Melissa Winterscheid, LPC-S, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Friday, May 2, 2025 (1:00 pm – 4:15 pm)
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Cost: $80
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3 CE Contact Hours
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This course is approved for LPC, LMFT, and LCSW (Provider Number 20240385) in Oklahoma. This course is approved for APT (Provider #17-514.)
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Location: TBA (Will be in Tulsa area)
This beginner to intermediate level training will explore ethical considerations faced by therapists in all environments. Designed for play therapists and mental health therapists utilizing play therapy and expressive arts modalities, participants will delve into ethical dilemmas involving confidentiality, the essential nature of continued supervision/ consultation, fidelity, and advocacy in play therapy. Participants and facilitators will utilize here and now experiences to engage interactively with each other and the important elements of ethics in play therapy and therapy.
Objectives
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Participants will discuss and demonstrate understanding of the ethical concept of fidelity in play therapy and therapy.
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Participants will explain and express the importance of non-maleficence in play therapy and therapy.
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Participants will discuss and express at least 2 ways to increase advocacy and justice for clients in their care.
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Participants will explain and express an understanding of the importance of ethics from a play therapy and theoretical standpoint.
APT Professional Competencies Addressed:
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3b. Consistently evaluate and adjust play therapy practices to meet state and discipline ethical guidelines and codes.
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1f. Identify and apply ethical practices in play therapy.
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2f. Identify play dynamics (e.g., types of play, themes, stages) and incorporate clinical considerations in treatment.
Schedule:
12:45 pm – Registration and Sign-In
1:00 pm – Course Begins
4:15 pm – Course Ends
There will be one 15-minute break provided.
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To register, go to the EVENTS page.
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Creating Connections! Make and Take for Play Therapists and Child Therapists – IN PERSON
With Lisa Morrell Dawson, MA, MS, LPC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Saturday, June 7, 2025 9:00 am – 1:15 pm (CST)
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Cost: $125
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4 CE Contact Hours
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This course is approved for LPC, LMFT, and LCSW (Provider Number 20240385) in Oklahoma. This course is approved for APT (Provider #17-514.)
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Enroll early! Space is limited!
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Location: TBA (will be in the Tulsa area)
Make and Take! Join us in creating and developing play therapy materials, games, and interventions to utilize in your office, in the home, and in your school office! As we create and connect with one another, topics will be discussed including the theory behind the intervention, how to extend it, and goals the intervention/activity can address. You will leave with resources to use the next week, resources to give to caregivers, and resources to find more information and activities to create.
Objectives:
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Identify how play therapy and child therapy activities are inclusive and diverse to meet cultural and identity needs.
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Identify how to communicate with caregivers about the importance of play therapy and child therapy at home.
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Identify the play therapy theory behind each activity to assist in making play therapy sessions more meaningful and purposeful.
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Create at least 3 play therapy games/activities to use in sessions immediately!
APT Professional Competencies Addressed:
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1e. Apply theories and stages of childhood development in play therapy
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2a. Apply and articulate the therapeutic powers of play.
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2i. Exhibit multicultural orientation to diversity, equity, and inclusion through a culturally and socially diverse playroom and play therapy process
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2j. Demonstrate play therapy treatment skills congruent with theoretical orientation (e.g., conceptualization, interventions)
Schedule
8:45 am - Registration and Sign In
9:00 am – Course Begins
1:15 pm – Course Ends
There will be one 15-minute break provided
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To register, go to the EVENTS page.