March 6, 2025 9am-4pm Neuro Awareness for the Play Therapist (LIVE WEBINAR)

SIX LIVE WEBINAR (SPECIALIZED) APT INSTRUCTION HOURS

This workshop is ONLINE, LIVE, AND MEETS THE SPECIALIZED CONDITIONS SET FORTH BY APT. All trainings are taught by Laura Hutchison, PsyD, LP, RPT-S.

(APT Approved Provider 15-407).

This 6 hour workshop will focus on the importance of the play therapist's understanding of how neuroscience can elevate our understandings of our client's and their behaviors. It will emphasize the importance of healthy attachments and ways to improve the relationships in our clients lives. Additionally, the seven senses will be reviewed, as well an exploration of sensory integration and the impact of dysregulation. To help illustrate these points sensory play will be explained and we will talk about how to implement sensory play into one's play therapy practice.

Furthermore, the workshop will highlight emotional regulation. It will look at the central nervous system and how we detect threats. It will define out the highly controversial polyvagal theory and sift out out what parts of the theory are backed by the field of neuroscience, as well as what parts are the most beneficial to helping our play therapy clients. We will review co-regulation strategies, the window of tolerance, and zones of regulation- as well as learn play therapy techniques to implement the knowledge into practice.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• State why healthy attachments are necessary for play therapy clients.
• State the 3 different areas of the nervous symptom for polyvagal theory.
• Identify the reasons why the use of polyvagal theory in play therapy is controversial
• Define sensory play.
• Identify materials that can be used in sensory play therapy.
• Identify what populations to use sensory play therapy with, and understand what treatment issues will be addressed in utilizing these play therapy techniques.
• Define co-regulation and identify its importance in play therapy.

falls under APT's primary instruction area of "Play Therapy Skills & Methods"