Let's Go Fishing For Feelings!

An easy to make game that encourages children to identify and express feelings.

Two-Sided Puppet

Kids enjoy making puppets from paper bags. This two-sided puppet was the inspiration of an 8 year old client I was working with who had a fear of monsters.

Animal Projection Technique

Put together a collection of miniature animals and you can facilitate this animal projection technique.

Turn a Photo Album Into a Feelings Book

Using a photo album purchased at a dollar store you can easily create a book of feelings.

Make Your Own Stress Balls

Balloons, play dough and a permanent marker are the only supplies you need to create these stress balls.

Therapeutic File Folder Games

Use file folders and stickers to create one of a kind, easy to store, therapeutic board games.

Have You Seen Our Play Therapy Schedule for 2012?

Play Therapy with Children in Foster Care

Presented by Toby Mills, LMSW
January 21, 2012

Toby Mills, LMSW

Working with children and families within the foster care system comes with unique challenges.  It requires knowledge of the court systems, complex family dynamics and an understanding of how to  utilize play therapy interventions for the wellbeing of children. In this training we will learn specific mental health diagnoses commonly found with children in the foster care and ways that play therapy can help alleviate the symptoms of these diagnoses. The challenges of working with Medicaid, play therapy treatment planning and how to provide documentation to the court will be discussed. We will review specific vignettes, giving and sharing our own ideas of ways to work with children facing the
stress of abuse, disrupted attachments, broken family systems and mental illness.

  

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Training Location: The offices of Pam Dyson, MA, LPC, RPT

 

Registration includes continental breakfast
Attendees receive a gift bag
Play therapy toys and books will be available for purchase

CE certificate included in the fee; never an extra charge 

 

     2012 Training Schedule
   

Play Therapy with Families

February 10, 2012

Presented by Pam Dyson, MA, LPC, RPT 

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Play Therapy with Anxious Children

February 25, 2012

Presented by Pam Dyson, MA, LPC, RPT

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Play Therapy for Grieving Children & Children of Divorce

March 10, 2012

Presented by Pam Dyson, MA, LPC, RPT 

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Play Therapy: Specialized Groups & Adolescents

March 31, 2012

Presented by Katie Sabo, MA, LPC, CSC, RPT 

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Play Therapy for Preschoolers

April 13, 2012

Presented by Pam Dyson, MA, LPC, RPT

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Your paid registration includes continental breakfast and a gift bag!

Play therapy books and toys are available for sale at every training.

CE certificate included in the fee; never an extra charge.    

All trainings, unless otherwise noted, are held at the offices of  

Pam Dyson, MA, LPC, RPT.  Click HERE for location information.

Are You Using Pinterest?

Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard. It lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find in your life. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.

I'm relatively new at Pinterest but have found it to be an awesome place to find resources pinned by therapists who are as passionate as I am about play therapy.

 I have several play therapy related boards and I've gained many followers. Here's my direct link. Pinterest - Pam Dyson Check out my boards, follow all or some of my boards and I'll follow you back!

Assemble a Play Therapy Kit for only $25.00

Putting together a play therapy kit doesn't have to break your budget. By shopping dollar stores I put together this selection of toys and I only spent $25.00.