The Interplay between Military Children and Play Therapy: Navigating Anxiety, Trauma, and Grief – Live Webinar
The Interplay between Military Children and Play Therapy: Navigating Anxiety, Trauma, and Grief
3 Non-Contact APT CE Hours. This workshop meets APT’s definition of Live Webinar.
Workshop Description
As a play therapist, you want to be prepared to support military children and their families, but you may not know where to start. Frequent moves, parental deployments, and loss are just a few of the unique stressors military children face. This workshop is designed to equip the child therapist with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to work with military children in a way that honors their experiences. Using attachment, trauma-informed, and strengths-based perspectives, you’ll learn play-based strategies to address anxiety, trauma, and grief in the playroom. You’ll leave with practical ideas to create a safe and structured play therapy environment that helps children develop resilience and coping skills in the context of their military lifestyle.
Workshop Objectives
- Participants of this workshop will identify three physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety in military children and describe typical stress responses in military children through a play therapy lens.
- Participants of this workshop will demonstrate two play therapy interventions with military children that focus on coping with military family transition and separation stress.
- Participants of this workshop will describe three play therapy approaches and develop a play therapy protocol to address the grief and trauma related to parental PTSD and family instability in military children.
Instructor: Dr. Monica Reintjes, PhD, LPC, RPT™
Workshop Schedule:
9:00-10:30 Sign-In, Play Check-In and Training
10:30-10:45 Morning Break
10:45-12:15 Training Continues with Workshop Conclusion
Live Webinar Policy:
For a successful Live Webinar that ensures full CE credit, you will need:
- A device (computer or tablet preferred) with a working camera and microphone.
- A strong and reliable internet connection.
- A designated safe space of your choosing free from disruption.
- A reliable childcare plan (if applicable).
- A commitment to keep your webcam on the entire workshop.
- The workshop supplies nearby that have either been requested in the workshop email or provided in the supply shipment (if applicable).
Workshop Cancellation:
- Cancellation requests should be submitted by email to Heartlandpti@gmail.com no later than 7 calendar days prior to the scheduled workshop date in order to receive a full refund of the paid workshop fee. Cancellation and/or rescheduled requests that are submitted after 7 calendar days prior to the scheduled workshop date will result in a refund of the paid workshop fee – with the exception of a $25 administrative fee for a half-day workshop, a $50 administrative fee for a full-day workshop a $75 administrative fee for 2-day workshop.
- Heartland Play reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to insufficient enrollment. Heartland Play will email workshop students at least 5 calendar days in advance of the scheduled workshop date to notify students of the cancellation. Notice will be provided with the option to reschedule for a future course date or to receive a full refund of paid workshop fees.
- Heartland Play reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to inclement weather, instructor illness or instructor family emergency. If a workshop is canceled, students will be notified via e-mail prior to the workshop start time. Heartland Play will notify the students of a reschedule date for the workshop within 10 calendar days of the cancelled workshop. Notice will be provided with the option to reschedule for the future course date or to receive a full refund of the paid workshop fee.