Provide Emotional Support for Play Therapy Clients Via Telehealth
Resources for Therapist and Parents
Dear CPT Friends,
In response to the many questions from play therapists about how to provide their child clients with emotional support via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, our very own Garry Landreth and Sue Bratton in conjunction with APT developed the following videos and materials for working with parents. Links to these resources were originally embedded in the April 7 APT Play Today special issue on COVID-19 and can also be found at https://www.a4pt.org/page/InfoCOVID.
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Please feel free to share these resources For Therapists and For Parents with colleagues, interns, and supervisees.
For Therapists:
Therapist Video Introduction (https://youtu.be/AtXhBcEgnHI)
In this short video, Dr. Garry Landreth explains why the presence of a therapeutic relationship in children's lives is more important than ever during this challenging and distressing time, and how play therapists can teach parents to provide this kind of relationship and emotional support to their children.
Therapist Resource 1 - Provide Emotional Support to Play Therapy Clients via Telehealth
Dr. Sue Bratton and Dr. Garry Landreth share step by step guidelines, tips, and resources based on CPRT/Filial Therapy to assist play therapists in implementing a simplified version of CPRT/filial therapy.
Additional Therapist Resources from the CPRT Treatment Manual, 2nd ed. (© Routledge Publishing, 2020)
The following handouts provide additional information for play therapists’ use to teach and support parents in conducting Special Play Time with their children.
- Child-Parent Relationship Therapy: What Is It and How Can It Help? (p. 10)
- CPRT Toy Checklist (p. 16)
- CPRT Basic Principles of Play Sessions (p. 17)
- CPRT Play Session Procedures Checklist (p. 24)
- CPRT Play Session Dos and Don’ts (p. 25)
- CPRT Photo of Toy Setup (p. 26)
- CPRT Cliff Notes for Parents (p. 35)
- CPRT Choice Giving 101 (p. 50)
- CPRT Advanced Choice Giving (p. 51-52)
For Parents:
After reviewing the following materials, the therapist shares these items with parents to discuss prior to beginning telehealth sessions:
Parent Resource Video- Special Play Time demonstration (7 minutes) (https://youtu.be/7OwI88B2WGw)
Parent Resource 1 – Special Play Time Instructions handout to accompany the demonstration video
Parent Resource 2 – Life Changing Play by Garry Landreth
Parent Resource 3 - Thirty Minutes of Play by Garry Landreth