Details
Product Details
- Average Rating:
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4.3
- Faculty:
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Gary G. F. Yorke
- Duration:
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6 Hours 35 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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26 Oct, 2017
- Product Code:
- POS062370
- Media Type:
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Digital Seminar
- Access:
- Never expires.
CPD
Continuing Professional Development Certificates
PsychOz Publications, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 6.5 hours CPD.
Faculty
Ph.D., Psychologist
Austin Behavioral Health Center
Gary G. F. Yorke, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, is a licensed psychologist and has been in private practice in Austin, Texas, for over 20 years. He and his wife co-founded Austin Behavioral Health Center which provides play therapy and assessment services to children and adolescents. Dr. Yorke is also president and founder of childtherapytoys.com, an internet based store for child clinicians. He is the creator of My First Therapy Game, The Social and Emotional Competence Game, The Social and Emotional Competence Card Game, and author of My Medication Workbook. He has presented workshops on storytelling, ADHD, child therapy, assessment, Bipolar Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, and the use of games in child and play therapy.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Gary G. F. Yorke is the founder and president of Childtherapytoys.com, LLC. Dr. Yorke receives royalties for The Social & Emotional Competence Game, The Social & Emotional Competence Card Game, and My Medication Workbook. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-Financial: Gary G. F. Yorke has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
Additional Info
Program Information
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)
Access never expires for this product.
Objectives
- Implement strategies for engaging children and their parents in therapy while maintaining a therapeutic environment.
- Apply a variety of interventions to foster social and emotional competence.
- Communicate how games make therapy accessible and productive.
- Utilize a variety of games to facilitate therapy, overcome resistance, foster emotional and social competence skills and make sure clients have fun when they come to their session.
- Implement Bibliotherapy techniques strategically and develop storytelling skills that can be used to mirror our client’s healthy development and coping skills, and to model and suggest strategies for addressing problems.
- Employ popular, commercially available games (e.g. Candy Land) to facilitate therapy.
Outline
Let’s Play Games!
- Use games diagnostically and therapeutically
- Select games for specific diagnoses and symptoms
- Games to establish rapport
- Maintain a therapeutic attitude while encouraging clients to have fun
The Intersection of Play, Play Therapy, and Games
- Establish therapeutic goals collaboratively
- Select materials specific to the client’s symptoms and behaviors
- Teach skills and alternative behaviors
- Facilitate interpretations and connections
- Reinforce appropriate behaviors in sessions
Strategies to Engage Children and Parents
- Engage parents, before, during, and after the initial visit
- Educate parents about play therapy
- “Homework” interventions
- Communication games
Strategies for Young Children (3 to 6 years old)
- Brief therapy strategies
- Parent training
- Cooperative games
- Storytelling games
- How to use non-therapeutic games
- Address disruptive behavior disorders
- Play techniques and bibliotherapy for anxiety and depression
Strategies for Elementary School Children (6 to 11 years old)
- Engage children in the first and second sessions
- Collaborate with parents
- Selection and use of therapeutic games
- Storytelling
- Structured activities for ADHD, anxiety, depression and ODD
- Suggestions for non-therapeutic games
Strategies for Middle School Children (11 to 14 years old)
- Engage middle school children in the first and second session
- Reluctant clients and withdrawn clients
- Angry and passive-aggressive clients
- Clients/students with weak social skills
- Structured activities for ADHD, anxiety, depression and ODD
- Collaborate with parents
- Selection and use of therapeutic games
- Storytelling
- Non-therapeutic games
Special Issues in Child Therapy
- How much self-revelation is OK
- Disruptive behaviors, cheating and frustration
- Resistance to game play
- Include siblings, parents, friends
Target Audience
Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Play Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals
Reviews
Overall:
4.3
Total Reviews: 97
