Play Therapy. (9) Ensure that supervisors of services and supports within TRR are trained in the System Agency-approved EBPs and preferably have provided the EBPs prior to the supervision of the EBPs. Supervisors must complete this requirement within 180 days of assuming a supervisory position. If supervisors are unable to complete this requirement within 180 days of assuming the supervisory position, the LMHA/LBHA must submit a plan to the department outlining how the supervisor will fulfill this requirement. Clinical supervisors providing Skills Training and Development services for a QMHP-CS in training must be currently licensed as a QMHP-CS.
Play Therapy. Q: What is play therapy? Play therapy uses many kinds of toys, games, and drama to help children learn to deal with frightening feelings/events and different emotions. Play therapy helps children express themselves without words. Play therapy can be helpful for children of all ages but is most often used for children between the ages of 3 and 12. Sometimes play therapy can involve the whole family. Usually, therapists work only with your child and regularly report their findings to you. They will also suggest how you can best support your child.
Play Therapy. In the process of growing up, children often experience difficulty coping at some time in their lives. It may be as a result of a specific transition to which the child is adjusting, such as divorce or a significant loss. It is also possible that the source of the childœs difficulties may not be easily explained or identified. Whether emotionally, socially or academically, children may exhibit behaviors of concern to parents or teachers. Some children may need more help than others at times like these. Play therapy is an established intervention that is developmentally attuned to children and their unique needs. Until children are approximately twelve years of age and develop the ability to use cognitive reasoning skills more fully, they tend to process information and develop their physical, mental, and social skills through their use of imaginative play. Play is a childœs natural form of communication, just as talking is an adultœs natural way of communication. Most children, even children who are quite talkative, tend to express themselves more fully through their play. Emotions are often difficult to understand for children and even more difficult to express. Play therapy provides a non-threatening treatment milieu for children to express themselves. When adults encounter a challenging problem, we often think about it for a while, look at it from different angles, determine our options, and sometimes talk about it with someone we trust. When things go wrong for us, we might mentally review what happened and think about how we might handle the situation in the future. During play therapy, children accomplish these same things using their imaginations. Play therapy affords the tools (e.g. toys and activities) as well as the proper atmosphere conductive to helping children express themselves, work on their problems, ±try on≤ different solutions, and learn more effective and adaptive coping skills. Play therapy is most often used in conjunction with other counseling methods including behavior modification, parent consultations, art therapy, sibling and filial therapy, and family counseling. Play therapy techniques can also be employed effectively in a group setting as well. Therapeutic play groups provide opportunity for children to work specifically on developing and improving socialization skills. Divorced Parents Providing psychotherapy for children under 18 years of age whose parents are divorced requires special procedures. I strongly encourage both p...
