Faculty:Dafna LenderDuration:5 Hours 57 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Nov 30, is Archive: 2018 Description Do you struggle with children who:Are aggressive and defiant?Wreck your treatment room and waste your materials?Act chaotic, silly and/or will not sit still?Refuse to talk and are disengaged?Behave inappropriately (oppositional, controlling, avoid eye contact)?Are you also frustrated with parents who are angry and won’t listen to your advice?.
Archive: Faculty:Dafna LenderDuration:5 Hours 57 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Nov 30, 2018 Description Do you struggle with children who:Are aggressive and defiant?Wreck your treatment room and waste your materials?Act chaotic, silly and/or will not sit still?Refuse to talk and are disengaged?Behave inappropriately (oppositional, controlling, avoid eye contact)?Are you also frustrated with parents who are angry and won’t listen to your advice?
Parents is who are resentful and dissatisfied with you, as well as their own child?.
Parents who are resentful and dissatisfied with you, as well as their own child?
you is If answered YES to any of the above then you need to watch this seminar!.
If you answered YES to any of the above then you need to watch this seminar!
I is will show you evidence-based activities to break through resistance and harness the power of the child-parent relationship to make rapid and dramatic changes.Theraplay reaches your most resistant, traumatized, dysregulated and hard to manage children and rapidly transforms them into a calmer, more cooperative child so you can get therapeutic work done!.
I will show you evidence-based activities to break through resistance and harness the power of the child-parent relationship to make rapid and dramatic changes.Theraplay reaches your most resistant, traumatized, dysregulated and hard to manage children and rapidly transforms them into a calmer, more cooperative child so you can get therapeutic work done!
Theraplay is helps you create an atmosphere where children are happy to come to therapy and become quickly and fully engaged in the therapeutic process.Theraplay also involves parents in an immediate and positive way, giving them experiences of success and pride in their children, so they can feel motivated to support them..
Theraplay helps you create an atmosphere where children are happy to come to therapy and become quickly and fully engaged in the therapeutic process.Theraplay also involves parents in an immediate and positive way, giving them experiences of success and pride in their children, so they can feel motivated to support them.
the child, is With the parent and you, the therapist, all on the same team you have a winning combination for positive and lasting change..
With the child, the parent and you, the therapist, all on the same team you have a winning combination for positive and lasting change.
Handouts Manual - is Attachment Focused Play Therapy (6.02 MB) 56 Pages Available after Purchase Instructions for ASHA Credit - SELF STUDY ONLY - 11/30/18 (0.03 MB) Available after Purchase Outline The 4 Dimensions of Theraplay®To Address Behavioral Problems and Gain Connection CooperationStructure: organization and safetyEngagement: connection, joy, co-regulation of strong emotionsNurture: calming, emotional nourishment, secure baseChallenge: recognition, ride, celebration of selfCalm an Overactive/Aggressive/Oppositional ChildStrategies to prevent outbursts and trauma-based aggression (The P.R.O.M.P.T) method)ProximityRhythmOptimal movementTouch responseTechniques to identify non-verbal signs of stressActivities for turning resistance into a connecting experienceVideo case examples: transformation from aggressive & uncooperative to focused & relaxedEngage the Disconnected ChildStrategies to capture and keep a child’s attention (The G.R.E.A.T. method)GestureRhythmEye contactAffectTone communicationActivities that children can’t resist getting involved inCotton ball warShaving ball passInterventions to turn passivity into cooperationAluminum foil printPaper punchTechniques to make sense of non-verbal communication & get child to start talkingCotton ball blowBalloon passVideo case example: before and after of clients ages 1-17Promote Positive Parent-Child RelationshipActivities to strengthen the parent-child attachmentCotton ball hockeyMirror mirrorMeasuringTechniques to increase empathy by using eye contact, touch and turn-takingEye signal danceSlippery slipActivities that create and solidify connection by fostering moments of joyBalancing pillowsFeather decorateInterventions to decrease arguments and gain cooperationIdentify a child engaging in a power struggle before they doIdentify when oppositionality is really a trauma reactionEmpathy to melt oppositional behaviorsKnow when to cool itStrategies to increase self-esteem and make a child feel uniqueSpecial snackTwinkle songFavorite thingsPowder printsVideo case example: high and low functioning clients Faculty Dafna Lender, LCSW Related seminars and products: 5 Dafna Lender, LCSW serves as the program director at The Theraplay Institute in Evanston, IL and is certified as a practitioner, supervisor and trainer in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)..
Handouts Manual - Attachment Focused Play Therapy (6.02 MB) 56 Pages Available after Purchase Instructions for ASHA Credit - SELF STUDY ONLY - 11/30/18 (0.03 MB) Available after Purchase Outline The 4 Dimensions of Theraplay®To Address Behavioral Problems and Gain Connection CooperationStructure: organization and safetyEngagement: connection, joy, co-regulation of strong emotionsNurture: calming, emotional nourishment, secure baseChallenge: recognition, ride, celebration of selfCalm an Overactive/Aggressive/Oppositional ChildStrategies to prevent outbursts and trauma-based aggression (The P.R.O.M.P.T) method)ProximityRhythmOptimal movementTouch responseTechniques to identify non-verbal signs of stressActivities for turning resistance into a connecting experienceVideo case examples: transformation from aggressive & uncooperative to focused & relaxedEngage the Disconnected ChildStrategies to capture and keep a child’s attention (The G.R.E.A.T. method)GestureRhythmEye contactAffectTone communicationActivities that children can’t resist getting involved inCotton ball warShaving ball passInterventions to turn passivity into cooperationAluminum foil printPaper punchTechniques to make sense of non-verbal communication & get child to start talkingCotton ball blowBalloon passVideo case example: before and after of clients ages 1-17Promote Positive Parent-Child RelationshipActivities to strengthen the parent-child attachmentCotton ball hockeyMirror mirrorMeasuringTechniques to increase empathy by using eye contact, touch and turn-takingEye signal danceSlippery slipActivities that create and solidify connection by fostering moments of joyBalancing pillowsFeather decorateInterventions to decrease arguments and gain cooperationIdentify a child engaging in a power struggle before they doIdentify when oppositionality is really a trauma reactionEmpathy to melt oppositional behaviorsKnow when to cool itStrategies to increase self-esteem and make a child feel uniqueSpecial snackTwinkle songFavorite thingsPowder printsVideo case example: high and low functioning clients Faculty Dafna Lender, LCSW Related seminars and products: 5 Dafna Lender, LCSW serves as the program director at The Theraplay Institute in Evanston, IL and is certified as a practitioner, supervisor and trainer in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).
Dafna trains psychotherapists is internationally in these methods and trains in three languages..
Dafna trains psychotherapists internationally in these methods and trains in three languages.
She is is also a supervisor and author in the field of treating attachment and trauma issues in children.Dafna has spent her career focusing children’s development of a secure attachment with their caregivers while resolving issues in their traumatic history..
She is also a supervisor and author in the field of treating attachment and trauma issues in children.Dafna has spent her career focusing children’s development of a secure attachment with their caregivers while resolving issues in their traumatic history.
her career, is Early in Dafna worked in treatment foster care and witnessed child after child “fail” out of foster placements due to difficult behavior..
Early in her career, Dafna worked in treatment foster care and witnessed child after child “fail” out of foster placements due to difficult behavior.
Children is were disruptive, unsettled and unhappy, and their caregivers felt defeated..
Children were disruptive, unsettled and unhappy, and their caregivers felt defeated.
Dafna’s sense of discouragement is went away after taking the Theraplay training and learning direct, concrete ideas and interactions that she could apply in home with her treatment families to promote healthier, more hopeful relationships..
Dafna’s sense of discouragement went away after taking the Theraplay training and learning direct, concrete ideas and interactions that she could apply in home with her treatment families to promote healthier, more hopeful relationships.
Dafna is has successfully treated children with a variety of backgrounds, including children raised in orphanages, with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, exposed to domestic violence and community violence and children of parents with chronic mental illness..
Dafna has successfully treated children with a variety of backgrounds, including children raised in orphanages, with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, exposed to domestic violence and community violence and children of parents with chronic mental illness.
Dafna is has worked in the field of child welfare and child mental health for 20+ years.Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Dafna Lender has an employment relationship with The Theraplay Institute..
Dafna has worked in the field of child welfare and child mental health for 20+ years.Speaker Disclosures:Financial: Dafna Lender has an employment relationship with The Theraplay Institute.
She is receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Dafna Lender has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose..
She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Dafna Lender has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.