Trainer
Jo Williams, Theraplay® Trainer, Practitioner and Supervisor.
Helen Rodwell, Clinical Psychologist, Theraplay® Trainer & Practitioner.
Description of course
Theraplay® workshops are intensive, active and rewarding. The number of participants is limited so that each person can receive the special attention that makes for a good training experience. There are opportunities to:
– Observe the live treatment of a family, including the assessment via the Marschak Interaction Method, feedback to the parents, and several Theraplay sessions.
– Watch videotapes of treatment with a variety of clients
– Practice the use of Theraplay techniques
– Plan how each participant can use Theraplay with their clients at home
– Completion of Theraplay and MIM training is the first step in the Theraplay® therapist certification process.
Objectives and Outcomes from the course
Knowledge of how to administer the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) including methods of recording non-verbal and verbal behaviours, making inferences and formulating hypotheses.
Knowledge of how a MIM report is organised.
Knowledge of how a feedback session is conducted.
Knowledge of how the MIM is used as a guideline for planning treatment.
Understanding of the history and theory of Theraplay.
Increased knowledge in the interactional basis of parent-infant attachment and self-esteem.
Skill development in the differentiation and use of the 4 Theraplay dimensions.
Knowledge of how Theraplay is used to meet the needs of children with behaviour problems, foster and adopted children, autistic children, adolescents, and traumatised children.
Knowledge of how parents are guided to empathically observe and participate in Theraplay sessions aimed at fostering better parent-child attachment.
Skill development in group work.
Who should attend
Training is aimed at professionals and practitioners, including:
LSAs
Learning mentors
Teachers
Social workers
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Counsellors
Family therapists
Educational psychologists
Play therapists
Psychiatric nurses
Occupational therapists
Early childhood and developmental specialists
Pre-requisite
No pre requisites are required for this course.
Additional Info
Please note: The Theraplay Institute requires you to read chapters 1, 2 and 4 of Theraplay, third edition, prior to the training (Ann M. Jernberg, Phyllis B. Booth, available online at Amazon).
