Essential Skills for Including Parents in Play Therapy
Information
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Describe a CPRT framework and explain how to implement a CPRT framework in individual counseling with children and their caregivers.
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Explain how to articulate the foundational concepts of CPRT to parents prior to treatment.
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Identify 2 or more characteristics of best-fit cases for using CPRT.
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Describe 2 or more best practices for observing and providing effective feedback to parents in order to teach the use of play therapy skills at home.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to implement a CPRT framework in individual counseling with children and their caregivers, articulate the foundations concepts of CPRT to parents before treatment, and observe and provide effective feedback to parents to teach them the use of play therapy skills at home.
Description
This session will provide an overview of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for use as an alternative to traditional one-on-one play therapy. Essential concepts of CPRT will be discussed in order to equip counselors with the knowledge and skills to use CPRT in working with children and their families. Additionally, counselors will explore methods of teaching parents play therapy skills and providing feedback through observation.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Corey Riley is a counselor at Koi Counseling and Wellness in Fort Mill, SC. He works with children and teens focusing on behavior modification, managing ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and family dynamic issues. He also works with adults on parenting skills, navigating fatherhood, and education advocacy for their children. He brings previous experience from public education as a classroom teacher and school counselor to his work in private practice
Financially Sponsored By
- South Carolina Counseling Association