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Family Play Therapy

CE Hours 3

About this live event

This workshop will explore the rationale for using play therapy with families and the role of the Family Play Therapist. Family assessment and intervention will be discussed, and participants will learn techniques by exploring them experientially. We will identify the benefits and limitations of family life cycle models. We will describe how Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can be considered when setting treatment goals. We will identify dynamics to observe in the assessment of family play interactions. And we will learn about a Family Play Therapy assessment technique and Family Play Therapy interventions. Lecture, interaction, and experiential activities will be used to assist learning.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe a rationale for/benefits of using play therapy with families
  • List essential roles and abilities of the Family Play Therapist
  • Discuss the importance of considering developmental/contextual issues when treating families, including individual development, systemic development, and ecosystemic variables
  • Identify benefits and limitations of family life cycle models
  • Describe how Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can be considered when setting treatment goals
  • Identify dynamics to observe in the assessment of family play interactions
  • Describe at least 1 Family Play Therapy assessment technique and at least 2 Family Play Therapy interventions

Learning Levels

  • Beginning to Intermediate

Target Audience

Child Therapists and Clinicians, Family Therapists, Play Therapists, Registered Play Therapists, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisors, Associates and Trainees

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Laura Behm Dewan, MA, LMFT, RPT-S

    Laura Dewan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor who has been working with children since her teen years. She was an early childhood educator and educational consultant before becoming a play therapist, and has now counseled children and families for over 30 years. Her areas of specialty include grief and loss, military families, school-based therapy, and special education/children with emotional disabilities. Laura provides consultation, instruction, and clinical supervision to professionals pursuing LMFT/LCSW licensure or RPT registration and is passionate about making that experience playful and fun.

Disclosure

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, presenter, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER Disclosures: Our Village is the planner of this activity, and is charging fees for attendees to attend this professional training offering. PRESENTER Disclosures: Financial: Laura Behm Dewan will receive a speaker fee honorarium from Our Village, for providing this webinar to our professional community. Non-financial: None.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" with your camera on (in real-time) to earn CE credits.

This workshop meets APT's definition of a Live Webinar. It is available for 3 CE's with the Association for Play Therapy. 

Also, this session will be recorded for future playback and for new sales.  Attendees should take note before paying and registering for this live zoom event, that they will be recorded and the session will be shared. 

Once it is recorded, a non-contact, asynchronous session, will be available as well, to new registrants on our CE-GO non-contact platform. 

APT Provider # 20-614. 

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your quiz, evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website.

This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ce-go.com".

If you have any continuing education related questions, please contact your event organizer.

Please make sure to check your spam/junk folder in case those emails get "stuck". We'd also suggest "Allowlisting" support@ce-go.com. This tells your email client that you know this sender and trust them, which will keep emails from this contact at the top of your inbox and out of the junk folder.

  • Association of Play Therapists (APT)

    This workshop meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education as required by the Association for Play Therapy (APT). Our Village is approved by APT to offer continuing education specific to play therapy (APT Approved Provider Number: 20-614).

Disability accommodation

Accommodations:
If you have a disability and need accommodations per ADA/504, please provide notification to us, at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop date.

Refund

Cancellations & Refunds:
Requests for refunds must be made in writing by e-mail to: hello@ourvillageslc.org  Requests must be made at least 1 week prior to the training to receive a refund. There is a $15.00 administrative fee for all refunds.

There are no refunds for cancellations after the deadline of 1 week prior to the event; however, registration may be transferred to another individual, or you can use your credit to attend a future workshop/webinar with Our Village, within 1 year from the date of the original event.  There are no price breaks for partial attendance.

Contact us at hello@ourvillageslc.org with any event or registration related questions. We look forward to connecting and seeing you there!
 
 

Cancellation

Disclaimer for Cancellations:
If there are any technology challenges the day of the live webinar, there are not enough attendees signed up, or the presenter is not available, Our Village will reschedule the training and re-present its contents for the paid attendees, OR offer paid attendees a full refund. 

Grievance

Contact us at hello@ourvillageslc.org with any event or registration grievances and we may share them with our presenter, Our Village staff and board, and other parties such as BACB or APT. 

Family Play Therapy
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  • CE Hours
    3
  • Type
    Live Interactive Webinar
  • Date
    Sat Jul 12th, 2025
  • Time
    09:00am - 12:00pm PDT

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