Group Play Therapy to Facilitate Play & Social Skills and Self-Regulation

Play Therapy Groups are a fun and impactful way of addressing social skill deficits in children. Groups help children develop interactive play, other social skills, and improve social confidence and self-regulation. The art of play therapy groups is in the combination of direct and indirect interventions, including teaching interactions, video-modeling, and Theraplay activities. This course includes two established evidence-based approaches to support these skills: Integrated Play Groups and Peer Mediated Instruction. Students will create their own play group activities and designs through experiential exercises throughout the course.