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Play Therapy for Young Children from Tammi Van Hollander

Play Therapy for Young Children Innovative Attachment-Based Interventions to Treat Behavioral and Sensory Challenges from Tammi Van Hollander

Faculty:Tammi Van Hollander

Duration:6 Hours 21 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

Archive : Play Therapy for Young Children from Tammi Van Hollander

Outline:

Introduction: Ice breaker activity

Building Healthy Relationships: Attachment Theories

Video on neuroscience of attachment and the brain
Mary Ainsworth: 4 types of attachment styles
Bolby Attachment Theory
Video of Still Face experiment
Group activity

Infant & Child Development Theory

Maternal mental health
Freud, Erikson, Piaget and Mahler
Video: marshmallow test with children ages 3-5

Why Play?

Evidence supporting benefit of play
Therapeutic powers of play
Group activity

Play Therapy

Getting started
Therapeutic benefit
Limitations & potential risks
Assessment and treatment
- What is the need behind the behavior?
- What does the behavior tell us?
- What are the skills behind the behavior?

Engaging Children in Play

Neurobiology of play
Repair of developmental trauma
Tools for self-regulation
What is needed for a play therapy room: the basics
From intake to termination
An ongoing process

Creative Play Therapy Interventions for:

Sensory
Aggression
Anxiety
Sensory Processing D/O
Enuresis
Trauma/Grief
Nightmare/Sleep Disorders
Hyperactivity
Divorce

Play Therapy and Techniques

Non-directive play
- Client-centered play therapy
- Sandtray
- Art & music
- Dolls and dollhouse
- Case study and video

Developmental Play Therapy Ethical Issues of Therapeutic Touch

Intro to Dr. Courtney’s FirstPlay® Kinesthethic Storytelling Infant Massage®
FirstPlay® – Demonstration with baby dolls
Becky Baily: Baby doll groups and “I love you rituals”
Developmentally-appropriate songs and games

Directive Techniques

Fun with Feathers
Puppet play
6 Senses Safe Place
Superpowers
Fun with Food
Bubble Tennis
Pooh/Inside-Out Feelings
Favorite books and interventions
Casey’s Greatness Wings
Greatness Sticks®
Sandtray Interventions
Mindful Freeze Dance
Wiggle out the sillies
Sandtray play therapy

Case Studies will be shared throughout the workshop when introducing interventions to participants, so you will get real life examples of the therapeutic value of my most beloved play therapy interventions I use with young children.

Group Activity: creative reflection exercise

Final Community Activity

Description:

Brain development is the most rapid in the first three years of life, and play therapy is integral in promoting healthy child development and sustaining the parent/child attachment.

This recording is filled with appropriate, fun, play-based interventions to rewire the brain and create a sense of trust and safety in the infant and young child’s world. Through play, children learn how to interact with the world around them, communicate and negotiate with others, discover emotions and empathy, ignite their imagination and creativity, boost resilience and self-esteem, and much, much more!

This recording will give you a clear understanding of attachment theory and child development, help you decipher the differences between developmental age and chronological age and most importantly, understand kids and the way they play.

Play therapy theories and techniques will include: Client-centered play therapy – Cognitive-behavioral play therapy – Developmental play therapy – Family play therapy – Theraplay®.

Through videos, case studies and hands-on directive play-based activities, you’ll increase your confidence to work with this young population and gain strategies for:

Sensory Processing Challenges
Aggressive Behaviors
Anxiety/OCD/Perfectionism
Trauma/Grief
Co-regulation
Sleep Issues
Enuresis
and more!

Children are sensory learners and play is a full sensory experience where children become engaged and make sense of the world around them.

Play will inspire and give you the tools to promote healthy development and attachment!

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About Author

Tammi Van Hollander

TAMMI VAN HOLLANDER, LCSW, RPT-S, is a licensed clinical social worker and Registered Play TherapistSupervisor and has spent over 20 years working with children, families, and individuals. She holds a Master of Social Work from The University of Pennsylvania and has had extensive training and supervision from The Family and Play Therapy Center in Philadelphia. She is a certified trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach®, a certified FirstPlay® practitioner, trained in level one Theraplay® and EMDR. Tammi has presented lectures to professionals throughout the world both independently and with Cross Country Education & PESI, Inc. Tammi is thrilled to continue her journey to expand Main Line Play Therapy and provide a variety of services through Main Line Therapy