History of Play Therapy

Live Webinar Date and Time:

Friday, November 15, 2024

9:00am-3:15pm

Workshop Description: 

Learn the History of Play Therapy in this introductory course. Attendees will explore the origins of using play in therapy and the formal development of Play Therapy as a professional field. The history of play therapy will be presented in chronological order of its development including the 10 historically significant theories as recognized by the Association for Play Therapy.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify the individuals that pioneered the incorporation of play into the practice of therapy.
2. Compare early theories, models and practices of play in therapy through a historical and multicultural/social justice lens.
3. Differentiate play in childhood and the Therapeutic Powers of Play evidenced in play therapy.
4. List the 10 historically significant theories.
5. Describe how the foundation of the Association of Play Therapy has advanced the field of Play Therapy.

Continuing Education Credit

5 Synchronous NBCC Clock Hours

5 APT Live Webinar Hours

APT Content Area: Play Therapy History

Play therapy credit is only awarded to mental health professionals.

Completion of a post test and evaluation is required to receive continuing education credit for live webinars or pre-recorded webinars.

Participants are eligible to receive continuing education credit for our live webinars or in-person workshops only if they are present for the entirety of the workshop during all content blocks. To support participant engagement and learning, breaks are provided throughout the workshop. Full attendance during the designated content sessions is required to ensure credit is awarded.

Counselors: Bright Path Counseling and Consulting, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7614. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Bright Path Counseling and Consulting, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Bright Path Counseling and Consulting is an APT Approved Provider (#18-554).

This workshops may count as related hours towards license renewal for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists in Georgia and other states.

Workshop Schedule

8:30am - Zoom link opens for the waiting room

9:00am - Opening remarks and introductions

9:15am - Content

10:45am - Break

11:00am - Content

12:30 - Break

1:00 - Content

2:30 - Break

2:45 - Content

3:15 - Closing remarks, post test and evaluations

Cancellation and Refund Policy

If you can no longer attend a workshop you have registered for, you may be eligible to either receive a credit for another workshop, or receive a refund if you are within the refund policy period. All live workshop refunds will be honored, less a $10 processing fee for cancellations received at least seven (7) days prior to the date of a live webinar or in-person workshop. For cancellation or credit requests with 6 days or less notice, a refund less a $55 processing fee may be refunded or credited to another workshop. For same day cancellations for workshops with a waiting list, no refund will be issued. Unfortunately, we cannot issue refunds for On-Demand (Asynchronous) webinars due to the fact that once purchased, the participant has access immediately to all materials.

Refunds will also not be issued due to technical limitations of the participant. We provide detailed instructions, and we are happy to assist in this area to a reasonable extent; however, we don’t have the staff to guide you through every step of the process.

Should you have any questions regarding our workshop refund policy, please contact Brandy Rogers (770) 904-1661 or [email protected].