This live online course will introduce participants to play, its therapeutic benefits, and a variety of developmentally appropriate techniques used by play therapists and therapeutic play workers. It is an introduction and skill building session that will introduce the therapeutic powers of play and a range of therapeutic, enjoyable, educational, and resilience enhancing play techniques.
Play Therapy Techniques – Demonstrations, practice and feedback throughout the day. Course content will include an introduction to:
- play,
- the therapeutic powers of play,
- therapeutic play materials,
- attending and responding to children,
- therapeutic play techniques for improving children’s self-esteem and self-confidence,
- therapeutic play techniques for reducing children’s anxieties,
- therapeutic play techniques for improving children’s emotional understanding and,
- therapeutic play techniques to foster children’s holistic development.
