Play Therapy Across the Lifespan: Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Adults24

Date and Time: July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time 7:00 AM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time

Date/ Time:

July 27, 2024

10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern Time

7:00 AM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time


Location:
Online- Live Webinar


Description:

Play therapy no longer needs to be defined as only for children. This workshop will illustrate the use of play therapy across the lifespan. Play Therapy for infants, children, adolescents, and adults. Experiential as well as videos will enhance the didactic presentation. Come learn and have fun.


Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the power of play in play therapy with people of all ages
  • Apply play therapy interventions to facilitate treatment for any client.
  • Examine and evaluate the best play therapy orientation to use in the treatment.
  • Apply different play therapy techniques for different age groups.
  • Experience play therapy techniques used for adults.
  • Select different play therapy interventions based on criteria.


Your Instructor


Heidi Gerard Kaduson Ph.D., RPT-S
Heidi Gerard Kaduson Ph.D., RPT-S

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.



CE Information:
The Play Therapy Training Institute is an approved provider by the Association for Play Therapy (APT) Approved Provider 95-002.

All of our Live Webinars meet APT's definition of a Live Webinar. To be eligible, participants must keep their cameras on throughout the webinar. Please contact us with any questions.

APT CE Hour Area: Play Therapy Skills and Methods and 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.



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