AUD002 - Basic Skills and Concepts for Play Therapy with Families and Parent-Child Dyads

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the key concepts and therapist attitudes related to effectively conducting play therapy with families and parent-child dyads
• List the core phases of a structured family play therapy session and apply the key skills for each phase, regardless of which actual play therapy intervention is used
• Utilize play therapy skills to both assessment and treatment purposes with families and explain how to use different levels of play therapy "directiveness" for these applications (i.e., directive vs. non-directive)
• Use specific play therapy and experiential interventions with families and children, integrating the key concepts and skills above while implementing them

Play Therapy Primary Areas:

• Special Topics