Utilizing Reality Play Therapy to Explore a Child’s Quality World

Helping children discover, understand, and develop healthy ways to meet their wants and needs is key to mental health. This workshop is designed to explore the use of reality play therapy with children.  By combining play therapy materials such as sand tray, puppets, and art with the reality therapy-based quality world technique, play therapists can gain new perspectives for addressing wants, needs, and behaviors through a developmentally appropriate tool.  The workshop is designed to be experiential and to assist play therapists in adding techniques of reality therapy to their play therapy repertoire. 

Learning Objectives: After successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1) describe the use of three of play therapy-based materials including sand tray, puppets, and art.

2) identify 3 key concepts of choice theory and reality therapy as a child-based play therapy approach.

3) demonstrate effective integration of play therapy and reality therapy aspects to work with children.

2 APT Contact CE | Play Therapy Special Topics

About our presenter: Dr. Eric Davis is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. He completed his PhD in Counselor Education at the University of Florida in 2010. He is a certified school counselor in Florida as well as a National Certified Counselor and Registered School-Based Play Therapist. Dr. Davis has worked with numerous students and families during his time as a professional school counselor, supervisor, and counselor educator. Dr. Davis’ research interests and experiences include school counselor pedagogy, working with illness-related trauma, creative pedagogy and counseling, and play therapy training and application. 

NEAPT Members $35; Guests $40 | Limited to 40 participants

VIRTUAL: This will be a virtual meeting. Participants will be awarded CONTACT CE upon successful completion of a post test. Participants must be visible throughout the presentation. Due to COVID-19 health concerns, this one-time online event has been approved by APT for 2 CONTACT CE Hours.

NEAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 02-123. NEAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph (screen shot), video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote NEAPT.

Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than April 9, 2021. Cancellations are subject to a $15 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds or partial refunds after April 9, 2021.