The Association for Play Therapy has created a Spanish-language version of the hilarious “Introducing Andrew” video put out last year. Video is below, but be sure to check out the APT YouTube Channel, which has lots of other great content.
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Like may professionals these days, it seems School Counselors love to blog. Recently ASCA School Counselor magazine discussed blogging among school counselors. Here is their list of suggested blogs, all of which are great resources for educators, therapists, and other professionals…
Scrapbook of a School Counselor
And here’s a comprehensive list of school counseling blogs on School Counselors’ Online Professional Exchange.
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New ‘History Speaks’ series from the Association for Play Therapy
Posted by Gary Yorke
· March 13, 2011
The Association for Play Therapy recently launched History Speaks, a great new resource for play therapists. The new series consists of a collection of videos of prominent child clinicians discussing the history of play therapy and APT. The first set of recordings includes Charles Schaefer, Louise Guerney, Dianne Frey, and Lessie Perry. The videos can be viewed at the link above, or on the APT YouTube channel (Assn4PlayTherapy). Play therapists will find some interesting stuff in these interviews. I’m looking forward to more.
For more play therapy videos and resources, check out the regularly-updated video section of myplaytherapypage.com.
Summer camp can be very beneficial for a child; it fosters independence while giving them an opportunity to broaden their social skills, and it cultivates an appreciation for nature and outdoor activities (assuming they stay out of the poison ivy). In terms of development, it’s a far better option than allowing your child to spend most of the summer indoors. Children are constantly learning–be it in a formal or informal environment–and using what they learn to adjust themselves to the world we live in. The summer vacation can sometimes threaten to interrupt this process, which can be particularly detrimental for children with special needs.
Luckily, there are many summer camp programs designed specifically for children who experience any of a wide range of difficulties–from social and developmental differences such as autism or asperger’s syndrome, to learning disabilities like ADHD or Dyslexia, to serious medical issues such as diabetes or cancer. For these children, it is very important to continue providing the education and skills needed to overcome their specific challenges even when school is not in session. And it goes without saying that learning and interacting with peers who share the same difficulties and experiences can have very positive effects in terms of self-esteem and social and emotional competence.
I’ve created a new category for special needs summer camps on our articles and resources sites MySpecialEd-504page.com and MyParentingPage.com, which I will continue to add to as I discover new camps and programs (one quick google search of “Special needs summer camps” reveals that they are plentiful), but here are a few programs and directories I’ve discovered that are particularly useful:
Find a Camp (From American Camp Association)
Special Needs Summer Camp Directory
Asperger’s Summer Camps from MyAspergersChild.com
Wediko Summer Programs
ADHD Summer Camp Directory
I have found that parents of special needs children are often unaware of these programs and their impressive success rates, so it can be helpful to provide them with this information. If you have any recommendations for special needs camps, please let us know in the comment section.
Categories : Resources, Special Needs
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Liana Lowenstein, MSW is the author of several books and resources that have served as great references for me over the years. Her newest installment Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents and Families, Volume Two is now available and is just as indispensable as her previous work. Like the first volume, this book is full of effective and practical techniques from veteran practitioners, all expertly compiled and edited by Lowenstein. This is yet another treasure trove of engaging activities and interventions aimed at assessing and treating children of all ages and their families. Many issues are addressed including Feelings Expression, Self-Esteem, Social Skills, and Termination. Volume Two is an updated best-of-the-best collection that should not be missed.
Lowenstein’s previous books are equally essential for mental health professionals. Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youthand MORE Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth are best-selling collections filled with creative assessment andtreatment interventions to help clients identify feelings, learn copingstrategies, enhance social skills, and elevate self-esteem. Lowenstein addresses more specific issues in Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children and Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce. The former is a uniquely creative compilation of therapeutic games, art activities,and stories to help bereaved children express feelings of grief, learnbasic concepts of death, diffuse traumatic reminders, addressself-blame, commemorate the deceased, and learn coping strategies. The latter consists of therapeutic games, art techniques, andstories to help children of divorce express feelings, understandmarriage and divorce, deal with loyalty binds, parental conflict, andreunification fantasies, address self-blame, and learn copingstrategies. And of course there’s the original volume of Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and FamiliesI mentioned above.
Lowenstein has been a key player in the field of children’s mental health for years and many practitioners, myself included, are always excited and intrigued by her output. The new volume of Assessment and Treatment is yet another gem and hopefully not the last in this series as our field of therapy continues to evolve.
Categories : Books, Divorce, Filial Therapy, Intervention Ideas, Play Therapy books, Resources, Trauma and Grief
As invaluable as the internet is for finding help and information, there can also be too much information to sift through. Even the most practiced googlers can sometimes find themselves scrolling through 5 or more pages of search results to find what they’re really seeking. It is with this in mind that I created our three sister sites: My Play Therapy Page, My Parenting Page, and My Special Ed-504 Page.
Like any professional, I like to keep up with new developments in my field and will often refer clients to particular articles that I think could be of value in a given situation. In the past year and a half I’ve collected tons of great articles, resources, products, multimedia, and more and organized them into appropriate categories and subcategories. This way, if I’m looking for, say, play therapy research and case reports, I need only click on the category to view my entire collection. Or if a parent needs help advocating for special ed for their child, I can easily point them to a host of resources.
My goal was to create ideal bookmarks for practitioners, educators, and parents. The sites grow more and more every week as I add articles, categories, videos and whatever else I find while mining the world wide web. I also regularly update news items from all over the world concerning play therapy and special education.
I’m happy to share my findings with you and I hope you find these sites as simple and useful as I’ve intended them to be. Check the homepages monthly for my top picks!
Interest in sand play therapy has increased dramatically in the last ten years. MyPlayTherapyPage.com lists training programs and professional organizations in play therapy and sand tray therapy. The upcoming Association for Play Therapy conference in Dallas offers numerous sand play workshops. Childtherapytoys.com has significantly increased its offerings of sand play and play therapy books. All sand play and play therapy books are discounted 10%. Childtherapytoys.com also carries over 600 sand tray miniatures, sand trays, safe play therapy sand, and moon sand. Starter kits are available as well.
Categories : Resources, Sandplay/Sand Tray Therapy
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