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This self-study CE is designed for play therapists interested in furthering their understandings of the complexity of play therapy in practice. The Advanced Play Therapy text addresses the integration of play therapy skills into practice. Various challenges to the play therapy process are explored in-depth, and case examples are provided to contextualize content. Essential components of the play therapy process, including parent consultation, play themes, and assessing for therapeutic progress, are operationalized to support immediate application into practice.

After reading this text and completing the subsequent self-study assessment, the learner will be able to:

1. Summarize the history, rationale, and purpose of play.
2. Discuss various models of child development and the relevance of development to the play therapy process.
3. Compare and contrast the tenets of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) with other guiding play therapy theories including cognitive-behavioral play therapy, Adlerian play therapy, Gestalt play therapy, and Jungian play therapy.
4. Identify attitudinal conditions, knowledge, and skills essential for the play therapists to possess.
5. Recognize themes within the play therapy process and determine accompanying thematic responses.
6. Apply operationalized approaches to conducting parent consultations and assessing for therapeutic process within play therapy.
7. Examine considerations for conducting play therapy in various settings including schools, community agencies, and private practices.
8. Reference relevant evidentiary research within Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT).

18 non-contact CE hours. For the purpose of Criteria Verification Forms for RPT Credentialing Applications, this training covers 1 hour history, 14 hours seminal or historically significant theories, 2 hours skills & methods, and 1 hour special topics.

This is a non-contact online CE exam. All virtual products at CPT are non-refundable. The purchase of this product does not include a book. In order to complete the exam, it is required to read the book "Advanced Play Therapy: Essential Conditions, Knowledge, and Skills for Child Practice". If you already have the book associated with this CE exam, you can take this exam without purchasing the book again. If you do not have the book, you can purchase it in the Publications section of our products.

After reading the book, you will complete a 81 question multiple choice exam. 18 non-contact continuing education hours will be awarded upon achieving 80% pass rate on exam.