Date: June 27th, 2025

Facilitator: April Duncan, DSW, LCSW, RPT-S™

APT Continuing Education Hours: 6.0 APT Contact CEs

Workshop Location: 5950 Fairview Road, Charlotte NC 28210

Training Description:

Play therapists who work in early childhood require a special set of skills to support young clients in non-directive and directive play therapy sessions. This workshop explores the unique needs of young children including directive play-based interventions to support healthy brain and social-emotional development. Attendees will also explore Filial therapy and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy to enhance the parent-child relationship in family play therapy sessions. Attendees will also engage in experiential play-based activities to support common mental health disorders in young children that can be used in individual, family and group play therapy sessions. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify play-based assessments and interventions to identify mental distress in young children. 
2. Discuss play-based interventions to jumpstart cognitive and social-emotional development in young children
3. Describe play-based interventions to support sensory integration in young children 
4. Explain play-based interventions to address common mental health disorders in young children. 
5. Analyze the use of bibliotherapy in play therapy sessions with young children. 
6. List play-based strategies to engage caregivers in consultations.

Agenda: 

• 9:00 am-9:15 am Introductions
• 9:15 am-10:30 am Lecture & experiential learning
• 10:30 am-10:45 am Break
• 10:45 am-12:00 pm Lecture & experiential learning
• 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch break
• 1:00 pm-2:15 pm Lecture & experiential learning
• 2:15 pm-2:30 pm Break
• 2:30 pm-4:15 pm Lecture & experiential learning
• 4:15 pm-4:30 pm Q & A/wrap-up

What you'll get:

• 6 APT Contact Workshop CEs
• Certificate of Completion

*Course evaluation must be completed to receive CE credits. Certificates will be provided upon completion of workshop and evaluation.