Information about the Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy Limited (APAC)
Why train with APAC?
Play Therapy Training Experience
Course Calendar
APAC's Faculty
Teaching and Learning Strategies
Summer School in
the South of France - 2008- Fourth Year
(details)
For more information - including a 'Complete Guide to Careers in Play
Therapy' phone 01825 761143 and
www.apac.org.uk where you can also see the
latest External Examiner's Report.
APAC is committed to innovation of learning methods. It is in the
process of developing blended learning programmes.
APAC works in a collaborative partnership with the
the Canterbury Christ Church University
APAC is proud to
announce that the Diploma in Play Therapy has been accredited by the
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) in
2005.
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Internationally
and nationally accredited courses |
Qualifications
with international and national recognition. (IBECPT, PTI, PTUK).
Certificate, Diploma and MA programme validated for
academic standards by the Canterbury Christ Church University
. We train you in the play therapy skills
that will enable you to obtain worthwhile posts. |
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Emphasis on experiential and
practical work |
Skills for
working in real life as a practitioner are gained more quickly on an
experiential rather than a theoretical orientated course. You'll
be able to start to work safely and effectively more quickly with
children. We'll give you the confidence to start working with
children from the first module of our Certificate course. |
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Our faculty |
Modules are
presented by specialist experts in their fields providing different
perspectives and a variety of presentation styles. You won't get
bored! |
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Course content |
We will train
you in the widest set of
therapeutic play skills
available from any training organisation
in the UK. |
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Integrated
learning process |
The learning process used by
APAC is far more than providing course lectures and presentations. It is
based upon:
Acquiring knowledge -
from presentations and reading material
Understanding the impact
yourself of the techniques that have been taught through practical
exercises
Turning the knowledge into
practical experience by working with children during the course
period and undertaking a project
Being supported and advised
upon
your work with children will help you to become competent
Guided reflection upon your
progress and personal development
The practical therapeutic
exercises using play and creative arts enable you to experience
the processes that children undergo when taking part in therapeutic
play. Many find that the exercises enable them to work through
their own issues thereby enhancing their own personal development.
Group supervision, in
which your work with children is discussed with the Supervisor and other
participants, accelerates your learning dealing with real issues and
problems that you will encounter.
The use of a process diary
enables the Course Director to mentor your learning and personal
development processes.
Book reviews assist the
process that
turns reading into learning. |
| Flexible programme to
meet your needs |
Most courses take place over a
Friday and week-end so that you won't have to take too much time off
work and are more likely to be able to make arrangements to suit your
family.
For those who do not wish to
travel to Sussex we can arrange
local training. |
| Our record |
If you would like talk to any of our past or
present course participants please get in touch with us.
See what
our students say. |
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APAC offers both public courses run
at the Fern Hill Centre and
in-house programmes
designed to meet the
specific needs of organisations such as schools, care homes, counselling
services, heath centres and social services.
In response to local demand the first,
experimental, "Introduction to Play Therapy" 3 day course was held in the
autumn 1998 at Fern Hill. This was followed by a number of similar 1, 2 and
3 day events which lead to the development of "Certificate in Play Therapy"
and "Diploma in Play Therapy" courses and in 2003 the MA in Practised Based
Play Therapy programme validated for
academic standards by the Canterbury Christ Church University.
These courses have been clinically accredited since 1999 by IBECPT / PTI
(Play Therapy International). Nine "Certificate" and six "Diploma" courses,
each of 5 x 3 day modules have been run to date.
APAC has received considerable advice upon content from PTI based upon
the criteria laid down by the International Board of Examiners of Certified
Play Therapists (IBECPT) who were the first body in the world to set
training standards.
In addition modified versions of courses have been provided in-house for
a number of organisations, tailored to meet their specific needs. The
demand has meant that we have had to run additional "Certificate" courses
for each of the last two years. In December 2001 we commenced a 5 x 2 day
modules course in Play Therapy Supervision because of the national shortage
of suitably qualified Supervisors.
In the year 2004 the APAC faculty will have
trained over 200 students making it the largest play therapy training
provider in the UK.
The main principles that we have adopted are:
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The main emphasis is upon experiential work underpinned by theory. The
balance is about 70:30. We consider this to be vital in enabling our
delegates to work safely and effectively and to be able to obtain jobs or assignments working with children. |
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The courses must be held in an environment that is therapeutically
safe and conducive to delegates being able to deal with their personal
psychological issues that arise in learning to deal with and experience
their "inner child". |
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The use of leading experts in their field to deliver course content.
Play and creative arts therapies are relatively recent developments – it
is important for the students to have access to the latest specialised thinking. |
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Measurement of the application of the taught material and
innovation under safe conditions by the students. ie the use of clinical
governance as mandated by PTUK. |
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Practical assistance in helping the students with placements and
identification of suitable research projects. |
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APAC's success is ultimately measured by the results that our students obtain
in working with children.
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Qualifications |
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Monika
Jephcott
- Course Director
- Module Co-ordinator
- Facilitator & Tutor
- Supervisor
- Member of Examination Board
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B.A. (Hons) London Univ
Diploma in Counselling;
Professor of Play Therapy (IBECPT) |
Dr Mark
Barnes
- Visiting Overseas Lecturer
- Member of Examination Board
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M.A
Child Psychotherapy
Professor of Play Therapy
Founder of PTI
Author of a number of leading
books on play therapy |
John Daly
- Facilitator & Tutor
- Member of Examination Board
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B,Sc, M.A. (Counselling and Psychotherapy
Centre for Counselling &
Psychotherapy Education A
leading UK exponent and trainer in sandplay |
| Jaki Harris
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MA
in Child Development BA Sociology
Specialises in the use of play
therapy with terminally ill children |
| Joy Hasler
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M.A. Music Therapy |
| Dr
Sue Jennings
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LRAM (drama); LGSM (speech and drama);
PG
Dip.Social Anthropology (LSE U. London);
PhD
(SOAS, U. London); Hon.Dip.Dramatherapy Cum Laude ( U.Hertfordshire);
Hon. Dramatherapy Diploma (Tel Hai College); Gold Medallist of The
Poetry Society and winner of the Shakespeare Plaque
Specialises in dramatherapy and storytelling |
| Peter Jewell
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M.A. (Cantab)
M.A. (Sussex)
M.Sc in Counselling (London)
Assistant Director of the Centre for
English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick
Specialises in multicultural awareness
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| Kate Kirk
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MA
in Play Therapy, BA Social Studies
Specialist in Court work |
Nancy Mellon
- Visiting Overseas Lecturer
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M.A
Child Psychology
Founder of the Storytelling School of America |
| Shelly
Newstead
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B.A. (Hons) Univ. of Southampton
Dip. Play Therapy
Editor/Publisher of "Playwords" |
| Bernard
Tagliavini
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L.R.A.M (Speech, Drama, Mime)
Dip. Dramatic Art (Middx. Univ) |
| Marie Ware
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Cert.Ed London Univ
Senior Registration – Dance Movement Therapist
Member of the Exec Council of the Association for Dance Movement
Therapy (ADMT UK) |
Jeff Thomas
- Director of Administration, Communications & Systems
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CIM
Diploma
Editor of PlayUK |
The teaching and learning strategies of APAC's programmes reflect the
aims and objectives of offering an
integrative perspective on play therapy
and therapeutic practice at an advanced level. The training that is
offered reflects the needs of mature learners who are, or are becoming,
experienced practitioners. The Certificate, Diploma and MA programmes are a challenging
set of courses which combine
the convergence of theory, research and practice, together with the demands
of self examination and openness to personal and emotional growth.
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