Fundamentals of Trauma Informed
Adlerian Play Therapy
Understand Play Therapy • Learn The Skills • Change Lives
Course Description
The Fundamentals of Trauma-Informed Adlerian Play Therapy course is designed to introduce participants to an overview of trauma-informed play therapy, where evidence informed trauma treatment with children is translated into a sequence of play-based components, treatment goals and prop-based interventions.
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Describe and explain various components necessary when working with traumatised children and families within a play therapy setting
- Explain the forms and phases of post-traumatic play
- Articulate several self-directed ways in which children use the playroom to increase their sense of safety and security
- Describe several play-based interventions that decrease a child's physiological arousal
- Explain several play-based techniques that assist clients in challenging and restructuring cognitive distortions
- Describe several interventions that help parents co-regulate their children more effectively
- Describe types of Experiential Mastery Play in play therapy
- Explain play therapy interventions that offer containment of trauma content during Experiential Mastery Play
- Apply play therapy interventions that prompt coherent narrative building
- Explain the importance of titration during trauma narrative work
- Name mitigators available to the play therapist when a child gets stuck in narrative work
Prerequisites
Completed Introduction to Play Therapy and AdPT 1
Methodology
-
Multimedia Lectures
-
Trainings with opportunities for self-reflection and group discussion
-
Individual and group activities for processing
Certification of Attendance
Certificate of Attendance - will be presented to the participant at the end of each course.
Certificate Recognition
This Certificate of Attendance is awarded by Healing Hearts Centre
Certificate training hours are recognised by the Association for Play Therapy (Singapore) for the individual who is working towards their Registered Play Therapist qualifications.
General Course Schedule
9am - 12pm Session
12pm - 1pm Lunch
1pm - 3pm Session
3pm - 330pm Break
330pm - 5pm Session
