WAAPT Annual Conference
March 20th-21st, 2020
Tacoma, WA
Registration Now Open!!
Take advantage of our Early Bird rate for the
2 day conference now through February 29th!
Friday: Breakout Sessions - to be announced by Jan 31st
Saturday: Keynote Speaker Dr. Yumiko Ogawa
Saturday, March 21st: Play Therapists without Borders: Promoting Play Therapists’ Multicultural Orientation presented by Yumiko Ogawa, PhD, LPC, ACS, RPT-S, Certified CCPT-S, Certified CPRT-S
Schedule:
8:30AM-9:00AM - Registration Opens
9:00AM-12:15PM - Training
12:15PM-1:15PM - Lunch is catered and included. (Vegan options will be available)
1:15PM-4:30PM - Training Continued
4:30PM - Training Concludes and CEs Issued
Brief Biography:
Dr. Yumiko Ogawa is Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at New Jersey City University. She has over 20 years of experience in providing play therapy at various settings including schools, agencies, private practices, and disaster response sites. Last year, Dr. Ogawa partnered with KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) to provide play therapy to unaccompanied and undocumented minors. This collaborative project was recognized on the floor of the U.S. Congress.
Description: According to the U.S Census in 2009, more than half of all children in the U.S. by 2025 will be minority children. This wave of diversity is reflected in our clinical setting and it is becoming immensely more necessary for play therapists to be multiculturally oriented. In this one day workshop, the presenter will discuss topics which can help play therapists be more attentive to cultural interpersonal dynamics between them and their child clients in order to conduct and conceptualize play therapy sessions more effectively. Those topics covered in this workshop include but are not limited to multicultural orientation of play therapists, cultural identity development in children, culturally responsive play therapy room, and cultural opportunities in play therapy.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop…, the participants will be able to:
1. Describe at least three ways to create a culturally responsive play therapy room
2. Identify three pillars of multicultural orientation that should be demonstrated by play therapists
3. Name three factors that affect children’s racial/ethnic identity development
4. Name three components of a play theme in play therapy
5. Identify at least three elements that help play therapists effectively respond to cultural opportunities in play therapy.
6. Give three examples of how cultural issues in play therapy may come up in play therapy supervision.
Friday, March 20th:
8:30AM-9:00AM - Registration Opens
9:00AM-10:00AM - First Sessions
10:15AM-12:15PM - First Sessions Continued
12:15PM-1:15PM - Lunch is catered and included. (Vegan options will be available)
1:15PM-2:15PM-Second Sessions
2:30PM-4:30PM - Second Sessions Continued
***You may choose between the 6 hour presentation OR attending 2 three hour presentations.
Option 1: All Day Presentation
History and Seminal Theories of Play Therapy presented by Cary McAdams Hamilton, LMHC, NCC, CMHS, RPT-S, CDWF
Workshop length - 6 CEUs (this workshop is great for beginning play therapists and meets the new APT training requirements)
Biography: Cary M. Hamilton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor- Supervisor, Child Mental Health Specialist, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor. She is the past president of WAAPT. Director and Professor of Play Therapy at Antioch University’s Play Therapy Certificate Program.
Workshop Overview - This presentation explores the history of play therapy and pioneers of the field. It will cover nine seminal and historically significant play therapy theories and models, which are foundational to learning clinical play therapy skills, per the new APT requirements.
Workshop Abstract - There are nine seminal and historically significant play therapy theories which are crucial to developing a foundational knowledge of play therapy. Seminal theories include: Adlerian, Attachment, Child-Centered, Cognitive-Behavioral, Ecosystemic, Filial, Gestalt, Jungian, and Psychoanalytic. The newer theories will be briefly touched on for a thorough overview of the theories in the play therapy field.
Learning Objectives
1) Demonstrate knowledge of the history of play therapy
2) Demonstrate knowledge of the therapeutic powers of play and therapeutic relationship in play therapy
3) Demonstrate and articulate basic knowledge of seminal/historically significant play therapy theories and models
4) Identify and apply ethical practices in play therapy based on functioning from a play therapy theory.
5) Be able to identify (3) skills of seminal theories in practice
6) Be able to articulate reasons for choice of theory in practice
Option 2: Two Half Day Presentations
Parental depression and the dyadic relationship: Using play to strengthen the attachment relationship in children ages 0-3.
Workshop length - 3 CEUs (this workshop is great for intermediate to advanced level play therapists)
Biography - Meyleen Velasquez, LCSW, RPT-S, PMH-C, specializes in infant and perinatal mental health. She has extensive training in play and relationship-based therapies. Meyleen is the current Chair of the FL Chapter of Postpartum Support International and is the past President of the FL APT.
Workshop Overview - Participants will learn how to integrate parents’ and caregivers' mental health into conceptualization and treatment of the attachment relationship and reflective functioning using play therapy.
Workshop Abstract - Perinatal depression referred to as the time frame between pregnancy and up to two years after the baby is born, affects one in seven birthing individuals and one in ten people identifying as a male parent (Fisher, Brock, O'Hara, Kopelman, & Stuart, 2015). When untreated, depression can create barriers to the quality of the relationship between a young child and their caregivers. These effects can have long-lasting consequences on the cognitive, physical, and socio-emotional development of a young child (Bernier, Calkins, & Bell, 2016). Play therapists are in a unique position to observe parenting and caregiver functioning and to sensitively discuss concerns as they arise. This workshop will provide attendees with concrete tools to assess and discuss parental mental health concerns. Combining aspects of perinatal and infant mental health, play therapy, and cultural humility, participants will gain skills in how to support an increase in parental reflective functioning and on strengthening the attachment relationship in children ages 0-3.
Learning Objectives
1) Participants will identify practical skills to assess parental depression and describe the adverse effects of untreated depression on the dyadic relationships.
2) Participants will describe how play therapy tools are utilized to increase parental reflective capacity.
3) Participants will utilize play therapy skills to strengthen the parent-child attachment relationship.
4) Participants will apply practical dyadic play therapy skills for working with children ages 0-3.
5) Participants will apply cultural humility and postmodern theory to increase ethical treatment when working with diverse families.
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Raffles will be drawn on Saturday and at all 4 sessions on Friday!!!
12 APT & NBCC CLOCK HOUR CEUS PROVIDED (6 FRIDAY, 6 SATURDAY)
APT PROVIDER # 11-296
NBCC/ACEP PROVIDER # 6777
"This program has been approved for 12 CEU's by the NASW Washington State Chapter". Licensed Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors are eligible.
NASW Provider Number is #1975-331.
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Cancellation Policy: Registration fee (minus $35) will be refunded only if notice of cancellation is received in writing no later than 14 days prior to the training. We regret that we cannot refund registrations after that date.
