June 18-21, 2024
Applications period opens: October 10, 2023
Applications period closes: January 12, 2024
Applicants notified: January 19, 2024
Find the application HERE
Participants must have completed CCPT 101 or a CPT approved equivalent in order to apply and participate.
Unique, hands-on, dynamic training opportunity for:
- Supervised clinical hours
- Educational requirement towards certification
- Intensive training in the application of CCPT!
- All supervisors are experienced PhD level Registered Play Therapists and Certified Child-Centered Play Therapists.
Are you working towards becoming a Certified Child-Centered Play Therapist?
Are you interested in a unique training opportunity to maximize your time, money, and experience in your journey towards certification?
Come join us for an intensive supervised play therapy experience including four days of intense and dynamic training through instruction, demonstrations, and supervised experiences in individual child-centered play therapy using two-way mirrors, video recording, and live supervision.
Participants will explore how to integrate child-centered play therapy into their play therapy practice.
In cohort groups of three play therapists to one supervisor, participants will conduct a minimum of 6 play therapy sessions over the four-day training, observe a minimum of 12 play therapy sessions conducted by their cohorts, and participate in supervision and feedback sessions as a cohort.
Participants will earn a total of 32 hours of Continuing Education contact credit hours. For the purpose of Criteria Verification Forms for RPT Credentialing Applications, this training covers: 17 hours of Skills & Methods, 10 hours of Seminal or Historically Significant Theories, 4 hours of Special Topics, and 1 hour of Culture and Social Diversity.
By attending the 4-day CPT Intensive Supervision experience, you will fulfill a portion of your educational requirements AND supervised clinical experience hours at the same time for CCPT Certification!
What does that mean?
Attending this 4-day Intensive Supervision experience will take place of attending the 2.5-day CCPT 102 training and would reduce the supervised clinical experience requirement to become a Certified CCPT from 30 sessions and 15 hours of supervision to 25 sessions and 10 hours of supervision.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to describe how child development impacts play therapy.
- Participants will be able to distinguish between play behaviors and play themes.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate when and how to use limit-setting and choice giving from a child-centered perspective.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate child-centered play therapy skills and attitudes.
- Participants will be able to cite and access research findings on the effectiveness of CCPT.
- Participants will be able to articulate the change process for various presenting problems.
- Participants will be able to integrate feedback into practice of CCPT.
Meet the Speaker
Leslie Jones, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-STM, Certified CCPT-S/T, Certified CPRT-S/T
Leslie Jones is a Clinical Professor at the University of North Texas. Leslie has over 20 years of play therapy experience including teaching university courses, supervising counselors in training, and working with families and children in both community agency and school settings. She currently teaches courses in play therapy, child appraisal, and expressive arts. Leslie is graduate of the Association for Play Therapy Leadership Academy. She served as President of the Texas Association for Play Therapy and served on the Florida Association for Play Therapy board. Dr. Jones has presented nationally on play therapy and expressive arts. She is actively involved in the international certification program for Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy.
Location
Counseling and Human Development Center
425 S. Welch Street Complex 2
Denton, TX 76203
Schedule
Tuesday: 9 AM - 6 PM
Wednesday: 9 AM - 6 PM
Thursday: 9 AM - 6 PM
Friday: 9 AM - 6 PM
Each day includes an hour lunch break.
Lodging
Information regarding hotel group booking coming soon.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registration cancellation refund requests should be submitted to CPT in writing. The registration fee, minus a $100 administrative fee, will be refunded only if the request is postmarked by May 31, 2024. CPT reserves the right to cancel this conference in the event of unforeseen circumstances. If such occurs, CPT will attempt to notify registrants prior to the conference and refund all registration, workshop, and continuing education fees. In all instances, the liability of CPT is limited to refunding such fees.
We are an approved provider for Association of Play Therapy (APT provider 95-004), Texas State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Provider (In accordance with Texas Administrative Code, Title 22, Part 30, Rule 681.142), Texas State Board of Social Workers (In accordance with Texas Administrative Code, Title 22, Part 34, Rule 781.509), Texas State Board of Marriage & Family Therapists Provider (In accordance with Texas Administrative Code, Title 22, Part 35, Rule 801.264), and National Board of Certified Counselors (Provider #3016).
If you have any questions, please call the Center for Play Therapy at (940)565-3864 or email Jenna Taylor at jenna.taylor@unt.edu.