Utilizing the Integrative Developmental Model of Supervision to Supervise Play Therapy
April 29, 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Date:
April 29, 2026
Time:
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Location:
Live Webinar
Description:
The Integrative Developmental Model (IDM) of supervision focuses on the levels of training and understanding of new clinicians to help them grow across various domains. This workshop will explain and explore this model, and provide a framework for how to use the core tenets to supervise play therapy supervisees. Understanding what knowledge and experience licensed or unlicensed clinicians bring to their play therapy training is vital to help them develop their play therapy knowledge base and to provide well rounded supervision. This training will cover the theoretical base of the IDM and provide concrete ways to utilize the supervision model with play therapy trainees with various levels of experience.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify the structures and domains of the IDM and relate them to play therapy supervision needs.
- Participants will be able to identify at least two ways to assess the levels and training needs of the play therapy supervisee within the IDM model.
- Participants will be able to identify at least three techniques (supervision mechanisms) to use at each level of play therapy supervision under the IDM model.
Your Instructor
Dr. Nash is a licensed clinical psychologist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor. Dr. Nash is the author of multiple book chapters on the development of social skills and using play therapy to treat social skills deficits, as well as introductions to play therapy and working with preschool children. Dr. Nash recently published Nature-based Play Therapy: A Prescriptive Approach to Integrating the Therapeutic Powers of Nature and Play. She has presented at national and international conferences on play therapy and is the former president of the Board of Directors for the New England Association for Play Therapy. Dr. Nash is the owner of Riverside Psychological Associates, LLC in Connecticut where she provides individual and family therapy sessions for people across the age range, play therapy consultation, and continuing education trainings for play therapy and supervision. She is actively involved with the Association for Play Therapy and is on the Board of Directors.
CE Information:
All of our Live Webinars meet APT's definition of a Live Webinar. This Live Webinar will represent (6hrs) Non-contact CE Hours. The Play Therapy Training Institute is approved by the Association for Play Therapy (APT) Approved Provider 95-002.
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.
APT Primary Areas: Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant Theories
Please contact us with any questions.
For general information, special needs, or grievances, please contact us at ptti@mac.com. You will receive a response within 24 hours