Crisis Intervention Play Therapy with Children & Families after Natural Disasters & Other Traumatic Events
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Description:
Play therapists and other human service practitioners often are called upon to provide crisis intervention counseling and support to children and families after various traumatic events such as hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, and earthquakes as well as following shootings, suicides, terrorist attacks, and accidental deaths of teachers or peers. Providing mental health services under these circumstances requires special skills, including the use of play therapy when helping children. This Workshop will cover the basic procedures of disaster response, including the use of crisis intervention play therapy methods to help ease the typical post-traumatic responses of fear, anxiety, and mourning of affected children and families. Strategies and techniques such as the use of psychological first aid, debriefing, and interdisciplinary collaboration will be illustrated in examples, as well as specific play therapy methods involving drawing, music and movement. The use of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy will also be discussed.
The use of self-care methods will be demonstrated as essential for both victims and helpers, all of whom face significant mental and emotional turmoil as they attempt to cope with the numerous devastating circumstances of traumatic events.
Additionally, strategies to intervene with parents and family members will be incorporated. Come prepared for an information rich and exciting learning experience.
Objectives: After the training, participants will be able to:
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Identify the protocols for disaster intervention as established by organizations dedicated to disaster management.
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State ethical and professional considerations to maintain when providing play therapy crisis intervention during a traumatic event.
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Describe the use of psychological first aid, debriefing, crisis intervention play therapy, and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.
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State how a child’s age and cognitive development will affect their response to trauma and loss experiences.
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Demonstrate at least three play therapy methods to help children and youth cope after traumatic experiences.
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Identify several calming methods for self-care to help children, families, and themselves cope in the after-math of traumatic events in play therapy.
Presenter: Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, LICSW, RPT-S
Nancy Boyd Webb is a professor emerita, an author/editor, keynote speaker and workshop presenter. Her areas of expertise include traumatic bereavement, play therapy, and vicarious traumatization. Her keynote presentations and workshops focus on these topics as they affect children, adolescents and their families Dr. Webb held the endowed James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies at Fordham University in New York, where she taught in the Clinical Practice area for 30 years, and was named University Distinguished Professor. In 1985 she founded Fordham’s Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy which continued for 22 years until her retirement. Smith College honored Dr. Webb with its prestigious Day/Garrett award in 2010.
In addition to teaching, writing, supervising practitioners, and consulting with schools and agencies, Dr. Webb participates in several interdisciplinary professional organizations. Her bestselling books are considered essential references for University clinical courses and for agencies and practitioners. Her latest book, Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis was published in 2015; her edited book, Mass trauma and Violence contains many chapter with helping methods for play therapists to employ after traumatic events.
Cost:
- EARLY BIRD (until February 3, 2018): $150.00
- LATE REGISTRATION (February 4 and after): $185.00
ADA Accommodations: Please let us know at least three weeks in advance of ADA needs.
Cancellation Policy: Written cancellation must be received in our office at least ten working days prior to the training. A $25.00 processing fee will be deducted from your refund. Otherwise, a voucher will be given. If you do not notify us a minimum of ten business days prior to the training of your intent to cancel, you will not receive a refund or credit.
Continuing Education:
Social Workers/Psychologists/MFCCs/Play Therapists CE Hours: 6
NBCC: 6 Clock Hours/0.6 CEUs
CBPS is approved by the District of Columbia and the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs; CBPS is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. CBPS solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Provider #5763; approved by the National Association of School Psychologists, approval #1067. Approval #PCE 1466. APT Approved Provider 97-034. CBPS is recognized by SED’s State Board for Social Work, provider #0122 and Mental Health Counselors, provider #MHC-0009 in New York. CBPS maintains responsibility for this training.