Playful Healing: Trauma- Informed Play Therapy for Children and Adolescents

Description:  Strengthen your child therapy practice with this immersive 8-hour training, integrating play therapy applications based in neuroscience. Transform your approach and gain tools you can apply immediately. This experiential training explores how attuned movement, sound, and nature can regulate a child's nervous system through the reciprocity of play. You'll experience these techniques firsthand, understanding their impact on sensory processing pathways and the neural pathways and brain regions involved. Learn how predictability and familiarity play crucial roles in sensory processing during play therapy. Gain insights into integrating top-down and bottom-up approaches to promote a child's sense of safety and support the integration of their experiences. Delve into the neuroscientific basis for using play therapy techniques that incorporate attuned movement, sound, and natural elements to enhance neural regulation. Through practical demonstrations and hands-on activities, you'll acquire strategies to incorporate these techniques into your sessions, supporting nervous system regulation in children. By the end of this training, you'll have a toolkit of approaches to foster safety, predictability, and nervous system regulation for children and adolescents. Designed for immediate application, this training equips you with methods to enhance your practice and benefit your young clients right away. Enrich your skills, bring a new dimension to your play therapy practice, and make a lasting impact on the children and adolescents you work with.

Earn up to 8 approved Direct Contact Continuing Education Hours for the Association for Play Therapy, APT. This event is sponsored by Jacqueline Flynn, APT Approved Provider #20-628.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-1218164

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how play therapy can utilize the reciprocity of play through attuned movement, sound, and nature to regulate a child's nervous system.

2. Identify the neural pathways and brain regions involved in sensory processing during play therapy, emphasizing the role of predictability and familiarity.

3. Discuss how play therapy integrates top-down and bottom-up approaches to promote a child's sense of safety and support integration.

4. Explain the neuroscientific basis for using play therapy techniques that incorporate attuned movement, sound, and nature to enhance neural regulation.

5. Demonstrate practical strategies for incorporating attuned movement, sound, and nature into play therapy sessions to support a child's nervous system regulation.

6. Apply the knowledge of interpersonal neurobiology to foster a sense of safety, predictability, and nervous system regulation in play therapy with children and adolescents.

7. Apply three sensory-based play therapy considerations to support children with specific sensory processing challenges.

8. Identify three ways to use attuned movement, sound, and nature to address the unique nervous system needs of each child in play therapy.

This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

About the Presenters:

Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT-S™, is a licensed psychotherapist, registered play therapist supervisor, EMDRIA-certified EMDR therapist, EMDRIA-approved consultant and trainer, and a certified Safe and Sound Protocol provider. She hosts Play Therapy Community®, where clinicians from around the world gather to share resources and inspire each other. She is the host of the Innovative Child Therapy Symposium. As a co-host of the Neuroscience of Play Therapy and Playful EMDR Summit, and the founder of EMDR and Play Therapy Integration Support, she supports countless clinicians internationally in learning about the power of PLAY through training and consultation. Jackie is also the author of several influential works, including "Play Is the Therapy: A Polyvagal-Informed Approach to Recognizing and Treating Child Traumatic Stress" and the "EMDR with Kids Flip Chart: A Play-Based Tool for Trauma Processing, Nervous System Regulation, and the Transformation of Adaptive Behaviors." She has authored several chapters in the field of child psychology, as well as numerous children's books such as "Being Human: A Polyvagal-Informed Story About the States of the Nervous System," "Little Gecko's Broken Tail: A Book to Introduce EMDR Therapy to Children," "I Am Octopus: Playful Projections to Strengthen One's Sense of Self," "We Are Family: A Playful Story About Strengthening a Sense of Belonging in an Adoptive Family," and "In My Body, I Feel: A Story About the Felt Sense of Emotions." Jackie's work is dedicated to integrating play, expressive arts, and neuroscience in therapeutic practices.

Please Click Here to view our Refund Policy