Playfully Enhancing Resilience: Play Therapy Strategies to Shape Confident

This course will provide hands-on activities to support professionals in building play therapy skills and strategies to enhance resilience in young children and adolescents. The concept of resilience, growth mindset and adaptability as it relates to play and play therapy will be explored. This intervention-heavy course will build professional confidence in using play to address common childhood issues/challenges. Documenting/charting these activities will be reviewed.

Who should attend:

This intermediate workshop is designed for therapists working with children and families.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the 7 domains of resilience.

2. Identify 2 play activities to promote resilience

3. Identify 2 play therapy strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation

4. Explain the connection between play and self-awareness and confidence.

5. Identify 2 playful mindfulness strategies to promote the growth mindset.

Schedule:

8:30-9:00am: Registration

9:00am-10:30am: Resilience defined, explored and promoted through play

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-11:45: Play activities and strategies to promote resilience

11:45-12:45pm: Lunch

12:45-2:00pm: Play activities and strategies to build confidence, self-awareness and intrinsic motivation

2:00pm-2:15pm: Break

2:15-4:30: Play, mindfulness, and kinesthetic activities

Julie Torok-Mangasarian, LMFT, RPT-S is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the Clinical Director of the California Psychological Institute in Fresno, CA. Julie is a Registered Play Therapist/Supervisor, infant mental health specialist, reflective practice mentor and certified educator of infant massage (CEIM). Julie is a member of the International Association of Trauma Professionals. Julie specializes in use of play to treat complex and developmental trauma in young children. She also recently became a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider.

CE’s: This workshop is co-sponsored by Julie Torok-Mangasarian and Solace Center Wellness. Attendance to this training meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and/or LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Prov. # 76629. Certificate of Completion will be handing out at time of sign out. You must be present for the entire training and sign in and out on the sign in sheet, in order to receive your CEU certificate.

This workshop meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of continuing education as required by the Association for Play Therapy (APT). Solace Center Wellness is approved by APT to offer continuing education specific to play therapy (provider # 17-521).

Cancellations/Grievances/ADA: Facilities and programs are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have a special need and plan to attend the workshop, allow as much advance notice as is possible to ensure we have ample opportunity to meet your needs. Full Refunds will be provided with 3-day written notice of cancellation. Cancellations less than 3 days prior to event or in cases of Non-Attendance refunds will not be granted. If you have questions or to report grievances, please Julie Torok-Mangasarian at 559-580-7676 or by email at julie@meraki-minded.com

Registration fee includes light continental breakfast or afternoon refreshments and Certificate of Completion and/or Continuing Education Credits and session handouts. Lunch will not be provided.

Location:

770 E. Shaw Avenue Suite 118

Fresno, Ca 93710

Date:

March 06, 2020

Time: 9am – 4:30pm