MiPTTA Spring Training
Friday, March 15
IN FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN
This 1 day in person training offers 8 contact play therapy instruction hours made up of 2 separate workshops. Sign up for the whole day or just one workshop ... you pick! Both trainings fall under the Skills/Methods instruction hours .​
All trainings are taught by Laura Hutchison, PsyD, LP, RPT/S.
(APT Approved Provider 15-407). Any questions? Contact me at playdr@gmail.com
Training will be held at 26105 Orchard Lake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
CANCELED
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Spring Training Schedule
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9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm Neuro Awareness for the Play Therapist: Understanding Attachment & the Nervous System (6 contact hours, Skills, $150)
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4pm-6pm Dinner Break: On Your Own
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6pm-8pm Intro to Sandtray Play Therapy (2 contact hours, Skills, $50)
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Continuing Education for Play Therapy
The Michigan Play Therapy Training Academy is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to sponsor continuing education specific to play therapy and maintains responsibility for the program. APT Approved Provider 15-407.
Full attendance is required. Continuing education verification is handed out to participants following the training. If you have questions regarding continuing education, learning objectives, agenda, grievance issues please contact Laura Hutchison at playdr@gmail.com.
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Training Details
Neuro Awareness for the Play Therapist:
Understanding Attachment & the Nervous System
This 6 hour workshop will begin with an overview of the central nervous system, explaining the parts of the vagal system and how they are essential in emotional regulation based on the work by Deb Dana. By helping clients identify how they experience activation in each state, play therapists can help clients identify and move in and out of states with greater control. Time will be given for participants to create their own “personal profile map” in order to gain knowledge and experience so that they can use the technique with clients. It will also review the seven senses, as well as define sensory integration and the impact of dysregulation. It will explain sensory play and talk about how to implement sensory play into one's play therapy practice. The importance of c0-regulation will be highlighted throughout the presentation as a necessary element in play therapy. Additionally a variety of therapeutic interventions using the theory and play will be demonstrated.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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State the 3 different areas of the nervous symptom for polyvagal theory
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Identify how to create a polyvagal profile map in play therapy.
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Identify different polyvagal interventions to use in play therapy.
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Define sensory play.
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Identify materials that can be used in sensory play therapy.
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Identify what populations to use sensory play therapy with, and understand what treatment issues will be addressed in utilizing these play therapy techniques.
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Define co-regulation and identify its importance in play therapy.​
falls under APT's primary instruction area of "Play Therapy Skills & Methods"
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Intro to Sandtray Play Therapy
This presentation will review the history and principles of sandtray play therapy and review how to use the technique with clients. It will outline the materials needed for this model of treatment and how to process the work with the client. The training will conclude with a hands-on experiential of creating and processing sandtrays​
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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State the foundations of sandtray play therapy.
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Identify materials used in sandtray play therapy.
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Identify what populations to use sandtray play therapy and understand what treatment issues will be addressed in utilizing these play therapy techniques.
falls under APT's primary instruction area of "Play Therapy Skills & Methods"​
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CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY
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All cancellations must be made 24 hours in advance. Participants will be given a credit towards a future training to be used within 2 years of the original training date (no cash refunds).
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No shows or missed trainings will receive no refund or credit. You may send another attendee in your place.
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No partial CE credit is available.
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All trainings are subject to sufficient registration.
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Should the Michigan Play Therapy Training Academy need to cancel a training we will make every attempt to notify paid registrants in a timely manner. All paid registrants will receive a full refund.
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Michigan Play Therapy Training Academy only assumes liability for the registration portion of any training. All other costs are the responsibility of the registrant.