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Sand Tray & Play Therapy
Package - Video
$399.98 USD
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Product Details
Format:
Package - Video   Instructions
Length:
11 hr 36 min
Details:
Multi-disc DVD recording with electronic manual and instructions.
Author:
CHRISTINE DARGON, PHD
Publisher:
PESI Publishing & Media
Copyright:
3/30/2016
CE Available:
Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
RVKIT049730
Objectives
[+] [-] 061405 - Play Therapy: Proven Treatment Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
  1. Explain the purpose and goals of play therapy.
  2. Implement specific and easy play therapy techniques for specific presenting issues.
  3. Use play therapy as a diagnostic tool and interpret what you see.
  4. Determine which play therapy techniques to use with different children and different presenting problems.
  5. Address change to issues to be aware of and areas of caution including selecting the best materials depending upon the presenting issue.
  6. Demonstrate how to use these techniques in a variety of settings including group play therapy.

[+] [-] 062675 - Sand Tray Play Therapy
  1. Discover the theoretical framework from which sand tray work was created and developed.
  2. Discuss the research that supports the usage of sand trays and the populations for which it is extremely effective. This will include why sand trays are so useful for all individuals but especially those who have experienced trauma.
  3. Create and implement the usage of a sand tray in your setting, which includes the importance of the sand and miniatures.
  4. Identify the many usages of sand trays and what children and adults are communicating through the use of sand trays. This includes how children create stationary images versus playing fluidly with the sand.
  5. Explore the use of sand trays with not just children but also adults, families, couples and groups.
  6. Learn how to incorporate other play therapy techniques into your sand tray work.
  7. Describe how the sand and other play therapy tools trigger the limbic system of the brain, how this can be a useful tool, and one we need to be cognizant of when dealing with recently experienced trauma.

Outline
[+] [-] 061405 - Play Therapy: Proven Treatment Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
PLAY THERAPY - HOW TO USE IT!  

Specific techniques and novel approaches
  • Assessment and diagnostic
  • Therapeutic benefits
  • Non-directive versus directive/soft and hard mediums

Hands on learning and using the techniques - from crayons, to puppets, to movement and much more! This will be the focus of the day
  • Non-Directive Techniques:
    • I Spy
    • Sand tray work
    • Watercolors
    • Play dough
    • Doll house
    • What do you want to be when you grow up?
    • What animal am I?
  • Directive Techniques
    • Gift boxes
    • Movement
    • Drama
    • Puppets
    • Maps - where in the world do you want to be?
    • House-tree-person
    • Make me
    • Dance and movement
    • Board games
    • Emotions - Feeling face
    • Bam Bam dolls
    • Music

What techniques are best for what disorders:
  • Anger (OCD)
  • Anxiety
  • ADHD
  • Depression and self-esteem issues
  • Trauma/PTSD
  • Abuse
  • Fears

PLAY THERAPY WITH FAMILIES

Areas of caution
  • Hard and soft mediums
  • Sexualized and acting out behaviors
  • Children who have been abused

[+] [-] 062675 - Sand Tray Play Therapy

Sand tray

  • Why and how sand tray works
  • Sand tray therapy versus sandplay
  • Benefits

Setting up your sand tray

  • Sand
  • Box/tray
  • Miniatures and figurines
  • Wet tray versus dry tray

Engage a client in sand tray work

  • Implement it for the first time
  • What have they told us? For clients who are verbal, learn how to talk with them about their tray and what we can learn from their descriptions
  • Repeated use of the sand tray - how repeated use promotes healing and what does it mean when children repeat the same creation in the tray again and again

Directive versus non-directive techniques

  • Non-directive - the importance of being passive and allowing the individual to develop a comfort with the sand
  • Directive - the importance of providing guidance in the beginning and how to use it to address specific issues
  • When to make sessions more goal oriented - when do you need to be more active and participate more with a child’s sand tray work

Presenting issues responsive to sand tray work:

  • Trauma
  • Sensory issues
  • Anxiety
  • Perfectionism
  • Self-esteem/bullying

Other uses of sand trays

  • Groups - the importance of instructions; how this can be a great social skills tool
  • Families - the significance of the family members interactions
  • Couples - individual sand trays and a sand tray made together
  • Adults - a wonderful tool to help shift perspective and help progress forward

Experiential portion

Video illustrations of cases

Case Studies and examples of sand trays

  • Putting what we have covered into practice

Author

CHRISTINE DARGON, PHD

Biography is not currently avaiable.
Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of Entire Package
[+] [-] Combined Continuing Education Credit From All Components
Breakdown of Continuing Education Credits by Components
[+] [-] 061405 - Play Therapy: Proven Treatment Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
[+] [-] 062675 - Sand Tray Play Therapy
Audience
Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Educators, Speech-Language Pathologists, Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Play Therapists, Teachers/Educators, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Social Workers and Speech-Language Pathologists