Webinar: The Brain on Play: Neurobiologically Informed Approaches to Play Therapy 2021
Webinar
April 16th, 2021
9:00am-4:00pm
As play therapists, we often see clients who are struggling with dysregulation related to early adversity. The resulting behaviors can be confusing and distressing: rejection of nurturance, acting out in one setting but not in another, play that seems chaotic or constricted, distressing outbursts, etc. In this training, participants will learn various play-based techniques that can help clients regulate across different environments while promoting healthy development. Participants will also identify ways to help clients (and ourselves!) integrate simple, neurobiologically-informed play therapy practices into a daily routine to increase feelings of safety. This training will also review how principles of attachment theory and neuroscience can strengthen the effectiveness of play therapy interventions. Participants will:
- Identify play therapy interventions that help modulate sensory input for children with acute and traumatic stress.
- Discuss how an understanding of play therapy and attachment can increase a client’s capacity for regulation and healthy relationships.
- Implement play therapy interventions with an understanding of brain development to assist in redirecting and regulating dysregulated children in the playroom and beyond.
- Engage caregivers in the child’s treatment by integrating play therapy activities into their routine .
- Identify play therapy techniques that can engage the whole body in play that is regulating and fun.