Accredited Summer School Diploma Course Details
This play therapy course has been clinically accredited by
PTUK and PTI. Successful completion of the course and the required clinical
hours leads to PTUK certification as a Play Therapist.
Post Graduate Play Therapy Diploma Course
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The course is designed for anyone who has completed the APAC
Certificate in Therapeutic Play. Participants may come from any background such
as:
- Counsellors
- Psychotherapists
- Clinical Psychologists
- Primary School Teachers/Assistants
- Nurses
- Nursery School Teachers/Assistants
- Social Workers
- Play School Teachers/Assistants
- Care Home Staff
- Adoption/Foster Agency Workers
The Diploma course is
the second part of a programme which may lead to an MA in Practised Based Play Therapy It is at stage 3 of the
PTUK Four
Stage Training Model
The course has been designed to:
- Enable you to the title Play Therapist
- Enhance your career/professional skills
- Increase your satisfaction in working with children
- Give you the skills to help children develop their
emotional literacy
- Give you the skills to alleviate behaviour and
mental health problems
- Assist your own personal development
- Enable you to work with groups using play therapy
- Provide you with the Profession Structure Model
competencies defined by PTUK to work with individuals and groups of
children who have moderate to severe problems
The Diploma course is the
second part of a programme leading to an MA in Practised Based Play
Therapy. It is at stage 3 of the
PTUK four stage training model
It may be undertaken as a
standalone course. Normally applicants will have successfully completed the
PTUK accredited Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills.
The course is experiential in
nature and will be specifically rooted in non- directive play therapy.
AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO PLAY THERAPY - Children and their
environment
As in the
Certificate course material for the Diploma builds upon the theory and practice
of humanistic psychology, particularly that of Virginia Axline ("Dibs In
Search of Self"), Carl Rogers and gestalt play therapy developed by Violet
Oaklander. It recognises contributions made by others in the early 1900s, such
as John Bowlby, Margaret Lowenfeld, Donald Winnicott, Rachel Pinney etc It
extends to a deeper understanding of the unconscious processes in relation to
the child’s development based upon Freud, Jung, Graff, Fairburn Hillman, Moore
and Jacobson. It also places importance on the spiritual aspect of human
development. Opportunities for many forms of creativity will enrich the
contents of the course.
You will be
exploring ways of integrating the child as the centre of a social system, which
includes schools, families, and team of support.
The Summer
School course follows the same syllabus as that taught at the Fern Hill Centre
but over 15 consecutive days.
The main items in the Play
Therapy Tool-Kit are re-visited at a greater level of competence, are applied
to working with groups, are put into practice to enable you to work with more
severe mental health problems and are also used as assessment methods.
The overall purpose is to enable
participants to practice safely and effectively as a Play Therapist.
Upon
successful completion of the course each participant will have gained:
- The competencies to work with all children (individual and group) of
with all problems where Play therapy is suitable and with children and young
people with mild to severe problems
- To make assessments incorporating the PDM
- A sound understanding of the principles underlying play therapy and the
appropriate use of techniques
- The competencies required for running play therapy sessions with groups
of children as well as individuals
- An ability to assess children's needs and set up a play therapy services
unit
- An ability to make decisions taking into account the ethical issues
concerning all parties involved
- Increased confidence in using play therapy with children and adolescents
and communications with referrers, parents and guardians
- The counselling, therapeutic and practical skills to carry out effective
play therapy
- Awareness of your own process and development
- A comprehensive theoretical knowledge of child development and child
psychology
- An ability to use the taught play therapy skills as assessment tools
- The ability to use a full play therapy tool-kit
- A basic understanding of play therapy research
issues and methods
(The
sequence and content may vary slightly from course to course)
Introduction
to Working with Groups; Developing Metaphors for Group Working; Introduction to
Research Methods; Developing Expressive Arts Skills - 1 - Dance and Movement
for Groups; Assessment; Special cases: Autism, Mental/Physical disability
Developing
Expressive Arts Skills 2 - Music Working With Parents/Teachers, Assessments
through observation using video case studies Special cases: adopted, fostered
Developing
Theatre Form Skills - Masks; EPR; Assessment methods; Special cases:
Loss/Bereavement, Separation
Developing
Symbolic Play Skills; Sand Play - Advanced Skills; Working with Metaphors;
Endings, Special cases: Physically and sexually abused - children who have
experienced trauma
Developing Expressive Arts Skills
- 3 Art in child development; Special cases working with terminally ill and or abuse;
Court Work; Student presentation
Participants
will learn through working with other members of the course about the roles and
responsibilities of the therapeutic relationship. There will be tutorials on
theory but formal teaching and lecturing will be kept to an essential minimum.
Learning
will be experiential and collaborative using pair, group work, role-play and
case presentations. Homework reading and other assignments will provide new
information and consolidation of material from the experiential work
encountered within the weekends. Assignments will be subject of group
discussions the following weekend.
It is essential that participants
are working with children at the time that the course is taken. An
additional 100 supervised hours need to be completed before the full Diploma
can be awarded. Group clinical supervision of this work is a primary
learning method. The situations and problems that you encounter in real
life outside the classroom together with their solutions are an essential part
of the learning process.
15 consecutive days
The Diploma in Play Therapy will be awarded on the basis of:
- Two written case studies, covering the work with a child for at least 1
year and showing a clear integration of theory and practice.
- Completion of an individual practical therapeutic project, designed and
documented by the participant.
- Continuous evaluation of course work contributions and ability to work
with group dynamics
- Post training presentation
- Evidence of a further 100 hrs supervised hours of working with children
using play therapy
- Completion an essay of about 3000 words
- Evidence of regular play therapy supervision
- Satisfactory attendance on the course
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Selected from APAC's faculty.
www.apac.org.uk
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No
Days
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GBP
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EURO
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Full
15 day course Post Graduate Play Therapy Diploma
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15
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£3250
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€3950
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Attractive accommodation at a range of prices is available
in bed and breakfast, gites, hotels and camping sites. (Many English
speaking). But you will need to book early because the Tarn is a popular
area.
Course Title
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Start Date
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Post
Graduate Play Therapy Diploma - (15 days)
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21st July to 4th August, 2018
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