Creating the SuperHero Within: Play Therapy to Enhance Self-Esteem
May 16, 2024, and May 17, 2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific Time
Date/Time:
May 16, 2024, and May 17, 2024
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern Time
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific Time
Location:
Live Webinar
Course Materials:
- at least 15 sheets of white copy paper
- 10-20 post-it notes
- pencil
- tape
- Markers or Crayons
- please print out the handouts, if you do not have a color printer, please use a crayon to color one side of the gingerbread person.
Description:
Super Heros are in all aspects of a child's life - whether fantasy or reality. Using this metaphor, this workshop will guide participants on how to help create the child's superhero by enhancing positive aspects of self, as well as countering the negative self-talk that might be given in their world. Children begin forming beliefs about themselves early in life. Due to the pressures of competition in sports as well as school achievement, children can be at risk of developing low self-esteem. Low self-esteem can be from the child having a poor self-image caused by several factors in their environment. The relationship of self-esteem to school achievement, crime, violence, and suicide emphasizes the need to help enhance a child’s self-esteem. When children have high self-esteem, they are more confident and happy. This workshop will cover facts about self-esteem, how play therapy can help enhance it, and also what parents and teachers can do to protect it.
Learning Objectives:
- List 2 play therapy techniques that enhance self-esteem.
- Apply self-esteem play therapy techniques for various disorders.
- Discuss the benefits of involving parents in play therapy for self-esteem.
- Compile a list of affirmations for children to use in play therapy.
- Define areas of self-esteem that play therapy can help children understand.
- List 3 therapeutic powers of play that enhance self-esteem
Your Instructor
Dr. Heidi Gerard Kaduson is a licensed clinical child psychologist in New York and New Jersey. She received her Ph.D. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She specializes in the evaluation and intervention services for children with a variety of behavioral, emotional, and learning problems.
Dr. Kaduson uses Play Therapy for individual counseling, group psychotherapy, and social skills training. She has lectured throughout the world on Play Therapy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, and Learning Disabilities. She has trained and/or supervised thousands of individuals around the world. Dr. Kaduson is Past-President and a past-Member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Play Therapy, as well as the Director of The Play Therapy Training Institute.
Dr. Kaduson is editor and author of many books: The Quotable Play Therapist; The Playing Cure; and 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, 101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, Vol. III, Short Term Play Therapy, Game Play Therapy, Short Term Play Therapy, Second Edition, Contemporary Play Therapy, and Foundations of Play Therapy, Second Edition, Short Term Play Therapy, Third Edition, Prescriptive Play Therapy: Tailoring Interventions for Specific Childhood Problems, Play Therapy Across the Lifespan, Play Therapy with Children: Modalities for Change, as well as Play Therapy for Siblings (in press). Dr. Kaduson also has a CEU DVD Series entitled Play Therapy for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder, as well as a CEU DVD Series entitled Play Therapy for Children with ADHD. Dr. Kaduson maintains a private practice in child psychotherapy and Play Therapy in Plainsboro, New Jersey.
Course Curriculum
CE Information:
The Play Therapy Training Institute is approved by the Association for Play Therapy (APT) Approved Provider 95-002. This Webinar has 6 Live-Webinar Non-Contact hrs that can be earned. To be eligible for the Live Webinar Non-Contact hours, participants must keep their cameras on throughout the webinar. Please contact us with any questions.
APT CE Hour Area: special topics (6)
Please Note: The CE certificate will be awarded within 3 business days to those who attend the entire webinar, complete a multiple-choice test, and fill out course evaluations. No partial credit will be given. Play Therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals.
For general information, special needs, or grievances, please contact us at [email protected]. You will receive a response within 24 hours