Presenter: Edward Hudspeth, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S & Theresa Libios, MA, LPC-I

Complex situations, such as the pandemic, lead to multiple mental and physical health issues. For minority communities and considering existing health disparities, the impact is greater. As such, treatment considerations are best addressed through systemic efforts that involve individuals, families, and communities. Modalities that meet these goals include (a) Filial Play Therapy, (b) Theraplay, and (c) the multiple adaptations of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy.

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the impact of COVID-19, as an ACE, on minority populations
2. Examine the cultural sensitivity of play therapy as a treatment option for ACEs within minority communities
3. Describe the application of play therapy modalities to adverse community experiences and adverse community environments

Level: Intermediate
Primary Area: Special Topics
Content Focus: Trauma, Diversity / Culture
Theoretical Basis: Attachment

Continuing Education:
2 Hrs

Presenter: Ann Beckley-Forest, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S

Exploration and sharing of case experiences and discussion of challenges, based on group participation using 8 essential considerations for a full integration of the EMDR protocol into the play therapy setting, relevant for both the EMDR-trained and EMDR-curious participant.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss 2 ways that the EMDR protocol can be flexibly integrated into a non-directive or child centered play therapy session.
2. Identify 2 ways that post-traumatic play can be supported and understood through the Adaptive Information Processing model which is the basis for EMDR therapy.
3. List 3 essential considerations in integrating EMDR into a play therapy setting to a case example, which include: developing the safe alliance & holding space for post-traumatic play using a child centered play approach; using a directive play therapy approach to enhancing self -regulation, and using a prescriptive play therapy approach to inviting episodes of trauma narrative work.

Level: Intermediate Discussion Group
Primary Area: Special Topics
Content Focus: Trauma, TX Planning
Theoretical Basis: Integrative

Continuing Education:
2 Hrs

Presenter: Erin Dugan, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S

The importance of enhancing the parent's ability to effectively parent is crucial in the process of play therapy. A sequentially designed therapeutic process as well as a review of essential play therapy techniques will be presented.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify treatment goals in the parent child relationship as well as for the parent and the child's development.
2. Describe the importance of mastering child centered play therapy as well as filial techniques with parents.
3. Demonstrate effective use of the play therapy and filial techniques via handouts to parents.

Level: Intermediate
Primary Area: Skills and Methods
Content Focus: Attachment, Family
Theoretical Basis: Attachment | Child-Centered | Family Systems

Continuing Education:
2 Hrs

Presenter: Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPT-S

This workshop grounds the play therapy supervisor in an attachment framework and guides our responses to supervisees at every stage of the developmental process (with a special focus on boundary development) in order to help our emerging play therapists bloom!

Learning Objectives:
1. Articulate the two primary roles supervisors play when using the Circle of Security paradigm as the foundation for supervision.
2. Describe one play therapy activity that can help a supervisee reflect on their current developmental level and set goals for future growth.
3. Describe one anxiety that they carry as a play therapy supervisor and one tool for being present with their supervises when they notice the anxiety.

Level: Advanced
Primary Area: Seminal or Historically Significant Theories | Skills and Methods
Content Focus: Supervision, Attachment
Theoretical Basis: Attachment | Integrative | Prescriptive

Continuing Education:
2 Hrs

Presenter: Paris Goodyear-Brown, MSSW, LCSW, RPT-S

This workshop grounds the play therapy supervisor in an attachment framework and guides our responses to supervisees at every stage of the developmental process (with a special focus on boundary development) in order to help our emerging play therapists bloom!

Learning Objectives:
1. Articulate the two primary roles supervisors play when using the Circle of Security paradigm as the foundation for supervision.
2. Describe one play therapy activity that can help a supervisee reflect on their current developmental level and set goals for future growth.
3. Describe one anxiety that they carry as a play therapy supervisor and one tool for being present with their supervises when they notice the anxiety.

Level: Advanced
Primary Area: Seminal or Historically Significant Theories | Skills and Methods
Content Focus: Supervision, Attachment
Theoretical Basis: Attachment | Integrative | Prescriptive

Continuing Education:
2 Hrs