Play Therapy with Children in Military Families

When a military service member deploys, the family deploys as well. Children are often silent sufferers when experiencing stress related to a family member’s military service. In this presentation James Corbin will discuss common characteristics of military families and some of the risk factors that can make military children particularly vulnerable to stress and secondary trauma. Both Type 1 and Type 2 trauma will be defined and discussed.

Additionally, this presentation will explore various forms of play therapy often used to treat children of military families, as well as examine play therapy's benefits and its history and use with childhood trauma. In particular, James will discuss techniques for the application of child-centered play therapy with children experiencing trauma and grief. This presentation will also identify and provide resources for clinicians working with both children and parents in military families.   

This introductory instructional level web conference is designed to help clinicians:

1. Identify and explain the stages of the Deployment Cycle.
2. Explain the benefits of play therapy with military children.
3. Describe and distinguish between various forms of play therapy.
4. Adapt and apply techniques for working with trauma and grief to military children and families.
5. Describe the unique strengths of and risk factors for military children and families.
6. Identify local, regional, and national resources for military children and families.

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Continuing Education (CE) Information

Two CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety. GoodTherapy.org is also an Approved Education Provider by NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals (provider #135463). Of the eight counselor skill groups ascribed to by NAADAC, this course is classified within counseling services.

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Registration Information

This web conference is available at no additional cost to GoodTherapy.org members.

If the event is canceled by GoodTherapy, registrants who purchased the event will be notified and the charge for the event will be refunded

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