Play Therapy via Telehealth- Board Game Edition
August 23, 2020 7:00PM-9:00PM ET
Date/ Time:
August 23, 2020 7:00PM - 9:00 PM ET
Location:
Online- Live Webinar
Additional Course Costs and Requirements:
No additional purchases are required to participate in this course.
Description:
This 2 hour course will introduce the participants to the use of online board games within play therapy telehealth sessions. A few key games such as Uno, Othello, Yahtzee, chess, and checkers will be highlighted in more detail, with others briefly discussed. This course will include experiential components.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify at least one Therapeutic Power of Play’s core agent of change activated in at least one digital tool used.
- Describe how the Therapeutic Powers of Play graphic can be used to write clinical notes.
- Describe the therapeutic properties of at least one digital tool used.
- Explain at least one way to maintain a private secure modality of play with the digital tool used.
Your Instructor
Jessica Stone, Ph.D., RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for more than 25 years. Dr. Stone’s interest in therapeutic digital tools, specifically using virtual reality, tablets, and consoles, has culminated in clinical mental health use and research for mental health, medical, and crisis settings. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad (VSA) and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality (VSA-VR). Dr. Stone has numerous publications to date including Integrating Technology into Modern Therapies, Game Play, Play Therapy Theory and Perspectives, and Digital Play Therapy in addition to numerous chapters in a variety of books. She has served as the president of the California Association for Play Therapy branch, the Leadership Academy Chair, on the Association for Play Therapy Nominations committee, is a member of the AutPlay Advisory Board, and serves as an affiliate of the East Carolina University College of Education Neurocognition Science Laboratory.
CE Information:
This Course provides 2 hrs Contact CE. The Play Therapy Training Institute is approved by the Association for Play Therapy (APT) Approved Provider 95-002.