Balance – Not Calm: Co-regulation and Regulation

With Lisa Morrell Dawson, MA, MS, LPC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™

 

Go to the Events Page to Register!

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Cost: $80

3 CE Contact Hours

Space is limited.

This course is approved for APT Approved Provider #17-514.)

Training will be held at:

Theraplay Institute Training Room

1224 W. Belmont Ave., FL 1,

Chicago, IL, 60657

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Objectives:

1. Identify and describe the stages/ characteristics of regulation from infants to adults to utilize in play therapy

2. Identify and describe at least 2 play therapy activities to support clients with regulation.

3. Identify and describe the impact of your own beliefs and biases on your work with children and families in play therapy.

4. Identify and create your own plan for self-regulation.

5. Identify and create a plan for at least one client in play therapy.

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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 for an in-person training 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!

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IMH-E® Competencies Addressed:

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

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

Working with Others

• building and maintaining relationships

• supporting others

• collaborating

• resolving conflict

• empathy and compassion

Reflection

• contemplation

• self-awareness

• curiosity

• professional/personal development

• emotional response

• parallel process

 

APT Competencies Addressed:

Competency 1: Knowledge & Understanding of Play Therapy

1c. Demonstrate knowledge of the therapeutic relationship in play therapy

1e. Apply theories and stages of childhood development in play therapy

1i. Demonstrate knowledge of childhood-related problems and mental health diagnoses/disorders

1j. Demonstrate an understanding of the diverse impacts of childhood trauma (e.g., neurobiological, systemic, social) and the implications in play therapy

Competency 2: Clinical Play Therapy Skills

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

2h. Demonstrate understanding of own cultural and social identity and its influence in the play therapy process

Competency 3: Professional Engagement in Play Therapy

3f. Seek and integrate play therapy-specific supervision and consultation

3g. Practice self-care to maintain quality play therapy services

Please go to the Registration Information Page for Cancellation Policy and Accessibility Statement.

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Schedule:

Friday, October 11, 2024

• 8:45 am Registration

• 9:00 am Course Begins

• 10:30 am Break

• 10:45 am Course Resumes

• 12:15 pm Course Ends