- Location: Childrens Therapy Centre, TÃr na nÓg, Slievenagorta Ballymore, Mullingar Co. Westmeath Ireland
- Duration: 5 Days
Course details
This is an experiential training that will help anyone who works with children develop skills and gain a personal understanding of how play works as a therapeutic medium, the safety and boundary issues to consider, and explore ways to ensure that their work with children, in whatever setting and whatever the child’s difficulties, has the potential to become therapeutic and/or facilitate development of emotional & social intelligence and resilience.
Participants will experience a range of child centred play based interventions for themselves. We utilise and explore the use of non-directive therapeutic play sessions, creative techniques, the therapeutic use of stories, and story-making techniques to facilitate the child’s holistic development and provide assistance in overcoming adjustment difficulties. This will empower participants to approach their young clients, in whatever setting, from a new place where relationships will be more meaningful, empathy is truly possible and the approach more child centred.
We will focus on building non-directive play skills for 3 days, and explore the use of storytelling, storymaking, and creative visualisation for the remainder of the week. This experiential work will be supported by input in relation to building a therapeutic environment and supportive relationship.
Participants are advised not to schedule any work during the week to allow themselves engage fully in the course. Certificates of attendance are presented to each participant.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Understand how play works as a therapeutic medium
- Identify five therapeutic powers of play
- Relate 3 therapeutic powers of play to their work with children
- Consider relevant safety and boundary issues prior to undertaking therapeutic work with children
- Have the experience to personally try and experience a minimum of four new techniques and approaches
- Equip a play space for non-directive play therapy
- Utilise a range of play based therapeutic interventions with children
Course Location
About Children's Therapy Centre
The philosophy of teaching that is subscribed to at CTC is that the role of the centre is to facilitate the learning of each trainee, that they have a responsibility to each trainee to support their learning, and that it is their job to make it as easy as possible for each trainee to learn as much as possible. they see teaching and learning as two distinct, separate, processes. It is not enough for us to teach; they are responsible for doing so in a way that facilitates their trainees to learn as much as possible, including all essential components of the ctheirse. they believe that they can help each trainee achieve their innate potential by providing an appropriate, theyll prepared and enriched environment. This includes providing a range of learning opportunities, facilities and restheirces, curriculum, supports, suitable trainers etc – a cohesive training package.
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