CCPT 102: Child-Centered Play Therapy Practice and Application

November 8-10, 2024

Highland Village, Texas

 

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Registration closes October 14, 2024, at 11:59 PM CDT or when filled

 

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3-day advanced in-person training in the practice and application of Child-Centered Play Therapy with opportunities to apply skills! Learn from Dr. Dee Ray, a leading expert in the field of Child-Centered Play Therapy!

 

 

This is a 3-day advanced in-person training in the practice and application of Child-Centered Play Therapy. This intensive training will build upon basic CCPT skills by addressing advanced topics in CCPT. Content will include: understanding development, the process of CCPT (relational disruptions and enacting conditions), themes in CCPT, advanced limit setting, specific presenting problems/populations, parent consultation, advocacy/general research findings, and opportunities to apply the skills and practice! Participants must have completed CCPT 101 or equivalent as determined by the University of North Texas Center for Play Therapy. This workshop includes a supervision session and requires that each participant conduct and record a CCPT session with a child prior to the workshop.

Earn 18 CEs!

Days/Times:

November 8-10, 2024

  • Friday, November 8, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM CST
  • Saturday, November 9, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM CST with one-hour lunch break
  • Sunday, November 10 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CST with one-hour lunch break

Primary Location:

The Robert & Lee DuVall Center
948B Highland Village Road
Highland Village, TX 75077

For this workshop, we are excited to welcome participants to Highland Village, one of Texas' hidden gems! The primary location of the training will be held at The Robert & Lee DuVall Center, which has parking on-site and a variety of restaurants and grocery stores nearby to use as needed. We will meet at the primary location on the first day of training, Friday, November 8.

Secondary Location:

EmpathyWell, PLLC
2280 Highland Village Road, Suite 150
Highland Village, TX 75077

For experiential and supervision aspects of the training, we will be inviting participants to join us at our practice, EmpathyWell, 1 mile down the road from the primary location. Our practice includes multiple play therapy rooms for demonstrations and role plays and multiple counseling rooms to be used for micropracticum supervision and small group learning.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to describe how child development impacts play therapy.
  • Participants will be able to distinguish between play behaviors and play themes.
  • Participants will be able to demonstrate when and how to use limit-setting and choice giving from a child-centered perspective.
  • Participants will be able to demonstrate child-centered play therapy skills and attitudes.
  • Participants will be able to cite and access research findings on the effectiveness of CCPT.
  • Participants will be able to articulate the change process for various presenting problems.
  • Participants will be able to integrate feedback into practice of CCPT.

*Participants must have completed CCPT 101 or equivalent in order to register.

*Only participants who can attend with a recorded session with a child age 3-10 will be allowed to participate in the training.

Speaker:

Dee C. Ray, Ph.D., LPC-S, NCC, RPT-S is co-owner of the counseling practice, EmpathyWell, in Highland Village, TX where she facilitates play therapy, training, consultation, and supervision. Dr. Ray is Regents Emerita Professor in the Counseling Program and Director Emerita of the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas.  Dr. Ray has published over 150 articles, chapters, and books in the field of play therapy, specializing in research specifically examining the process and effects of Child Centered Play Therapy.  Dr. Ray is author of Playful Education: Using Play Therapy Strategies to Elevate Your Classroom, A Therapist’s Guide to Development: The Extraordinarily Normal Years, Advanced Play Therapy: Essential Conditions, Knowledge, and Skills for Child Practice, and co-author of Multicultural Play Therapy and Group Play Therapy. She is a founding board member and past president of the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling, as well as past board chair of the Association for Play Therapy. She is an American Counseling Association Fellow, and two-time recipient of the Association for Play Therapy Outstanding Research Award, among many others.

Fees & CEs

This 3-day in-person training is only $720 per participant. This fee gets you three days of advanced CCPT training and supervision, 18 CE hours, and one step closer to CCPT certification. This workshop is sponsored by the UNT Center for Play Therapy, Approved APT Provider: 95-004. For more information about continuing education credits and certification credits, please visit this website: https://cpt.unt.edu/ccpt-certification/ccpt-102/ce-contact-hours.

To check on CCPT 101 or equivalence status, contact the Center for Play Therapy at [email protected]. If you are uncertain regarding your CCPT 101 status, please wait to register until you have checked with the Center for Play Therapy.

Participants must be present and engaged in order to receive the CE credits and full completion of the course. 

This CCPT 102 training will count as a Contact training based on Association for Play Therapy training requirements. If you would like to read further information on APT requirements, please go to https://www.a4pt.org/page/CredentialsInfo. For the purpose of Criteria Verification Forms for RPT Credentialing Applications, this training covers: 11 hours of Seminal or Historically Significant Theories and 7 hours of Skills & Methods.

Complaints Review & Resolutions: Individuals may contact EmpathyWell, PLLC at [email protected] or (972) 498-1307 if they would like to express a concern about a continuing education program provided by EmpathyWell, PLLC. We will consider all complaints, make any necessary decisions or changes, and respond within 5-10 business days.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY:
Registration cancellation refund requests should be submitted to EmpathyWell in writing at [email protected]. The registration fee, minus a $50 administrative fee, will be refunded only if the request is received by October 23, 2024 11:59 PM. EmpathyWell reserves the right to cancel this training in the event of unforeseen circumstances. If such occurs, EmpathyWell will attempt to notify registrants prior to the event and refund all registration, workshop, and continuing education fees. In all instances, the liability of EmpathyWell is limited to refunding such fees.

Lodging

Courtyard by Marriott Dallas Flower Mound 
(214) 626-2000
4330 Courtyard Wy, Flower Mound, TX 75028
2.7 miles and 7-minute drive from training location 

Home2 Suites by Hilton Flower Mound Dallas
(469) 968-8700
4231 River Walk Dr, Flower Mound, TX 75028
2.8 miles and 7-minute drive from training location 

Best Western Plus Hotel Lewisville Flower Mound 
(972) 459-5300
330 E Corporate Dr, Lewisville, TX 75067
7.1 miles and 13-minute drive from training location 

Best Western Plus Lake Dallas Inn & Suites 
(940) 497-1007
305 Swisher Rd, Lake Dallas, TX 75065
6.3 miles and 12-minute drive from training location 

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Registration closes 10/14/24 or when full.