School-Based Play Therapy: Responding to Children's Disruptive Behaviors

Disruptive classroom behaviors are the number one reason students are referred for services or receive disciplinary action. Oftentimes, behaviors are a symptom of underlying concerns and not the problem in and of themselves. In this workshop, we’ll discuss children’s goals of misbehavior, how to identify them, and how to respond to them using play therapy techniques and strategies. 

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

1. identify the 4 goals of misbehavior

2. apply 2 play therapy techniques for responding to children’s disruptive behaviors

3. describe strategies teachers can use for responding to children’s disruptive behaviors.

2 APT Contact CE | Play Therapy Special Topics

About our presenter: Kristin Meany-Walen, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S is the Mental Health Coordinator for Waterloo Community School District, Iowa; and adjunct professor at the University of Northern Iowa. Her areas of expertise include Adlerian play therapy, school-based counseling, and wellness. Kristin frequently presents, publishes, and conducts research on these topics. Her research contributed to Alderian play therapy being recognized as an evidenced based treatment.  Kristin co-authored Doing play therapy: From building the relationship to facilitating change and  Partners in play: An Adlerian approach to play therapy (3rd ed.) with Terry Kottman, developer of Adlerian play therapy.

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 June 1, 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 June 1, 2021.

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