BC Play Therapy Association holds workshops throughout the year to help advance the education of Play Therapy Practitioners and related professions. These usually revolve around a specialized speaker teaching a subject of importance to the advancement of play therapy as a therapeutic practice.

The current pricing is the Early Bird Pricing. The last day to get early bird pricing is Sunday, April 30th, 2023. After that day, the regular price will be as follows:

Student Admission: $160, Member Admission: $200, and Regular Admission: $270.

*This workshop will NOT be recorded*

Planting Seeds of Connection through Nature in Play Therapy when Children are Grieving

Presented by Rose LaPiere, LPC, RPT-S, ACS

6 Contact CEs/CEUs

One-Day IN-PERSON Workshop

Saturday, June 3rd 9am – 5:00pm

Workshop Description:

Although, grief and loss are a normal part of a child’s development; it may negatively impact a child’s mental and physical wellness if left untreated. Learn how nature in play therapy can help children of various ages work with their grief process.  Those who use play therapy in their work will understand the grief process from the perspective of the developmental stages and the polyvagal theory (safety).  Learn how to bring in cues of safety through nature which can help regulate the client and widen their window of tolerance.  This play therapy workshop will help you develop the ability to be with children in their grief process, and help children move towards healing with nature based interventions.  Research that supports nature will be reviewed.  Learn psychoeducation information and common misconceptions about grief to help caregivers support children. Experiential play therapy activities, case examples, and interventions of bringing nature indoors or outdoors will be a part of this training.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Explain grief and loss in play therapy through developmental stages and the lens of interpersonal neurobiology.
• Describe several research studies that have identified nature based interventions that help heal.
• Describe the importance of helping children in play therapy (or play therapy clients) grieve by implementing regulation and connection with nature.
• Discuss and deepen your own personal relationship with nature in play therapy through experiential exercises.
• Identify several nature in play therapy interventions that can be applied both indoors or outdoors.
• Demonstrate several nature in play therapy interventions in helping children of different ages grieve and heal.
• Describe considerations for integrating nature in play therapy with clients (logistics/ethics)

WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING:

Play therapists, children’s counsellors, family therapists, family counsellors, psychologists, social workers, school counsellors, and other mental health professionals working with children, adolescents and families will benefit from this training. A basic understanding of play therapy would be beneficial.

About the Presenter:

Rose LaPiere is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), and Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Her work with families and children is grounded in Therapeutic Powers of Play, Neuroscience, Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Contextual Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She studied at Rutger’s University to receive a BA in Psychology and then at Georgian Court University where she received a MA degree in Counseling Psychology and became certified as a school psychologist. She has been helping families for almost 20 years. In addition, she studied/trained for several years in Sandtray Therapy.  She is certified in Synergetic Play Therapy and is an EMDR Certified Consultant. She is the Past-President for the division of New Jersey Association for Creativity in Counseling and serves on the board for the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals. Her professional affiliations include the American Counseling Association, New Jersey Counseling Association, and the Association of Play Therapy. To learn more, please visit: https://www.roselapiere.com/

Schedule for the Workshop:

CANCELLATION POLICY:

1. To cancel your registration, please send us a cancellation notice via email at [email protected] no later than 2 weeks before the start of an event for a full refund less a $25.00 cancellation fee. No refund is issued if you cancel your registration within 2 weeks of the event.
2. Please note that all payments received and/or processed on workshop day will be processed at manual registration rates.
3. If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact us at info@bcplaytherapy.ca.

Should you have any questions about this workshop, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@bcplaytherapy.ca

APT Approved Provider 95-019 – BCPTA is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to provide continuing education specific to play therapy.

CAPT Approved Provider 09-103 – BCPTA is approved by the Canadian Association for Play Therapy to provide foundation training and continuing education training specific to child and play therapy. This training cannot be used for Foundation Play Therapy Training towards Certification with CAPT as a Certified Play Therapist (CPT).