March session: Child Development/ What to expect Audubon Thursday: 3/18 , Royersford Wednesday 3/17
April Session: Building Resilency Audubon,Wednesday 4/21 Royersford, Thursday, 4/15
May Session:Parenting Creatively Audubon, Thursday, 5/20 Royersford, Wednesday, 5/12
This parenting series will include:
Increase your confidence and understand your child on a deeper level
Positive parenting strategies
Teaching young children how to problem solve
Why children think and act the way they do
Learning the language of play and set age appropriate goals
Coping with tears and tantrums
Understanding and eliminating power struggles
The locations are Royersford – 25 N 6th Avenue, Royersford, PA 19468 – 610-948-9622 and is in the Grace Lutheran Church Audubon – 2460 Blvd of the Generals, West Norriton, PA 19403 - 610-539-0900 and is in a Corporate Park by WalMart
Free to parents with in YMCA program/$10.00 fee per session to the community Child care provided and limited to our families.
Please RSVP 3 days prior to each event
Jessica Vogt: 484-984-2022, jvogt@fvymca.org
Lehigh Valley Play Therapy Institute presents: The Healing Power of Sandplay with Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT Friday, January 15, 2009, 9 am to 12 pm @ The Allentown Public Library, 1210 Hamilton St., Allentown, PA
This introductory workshop combines lecture and hands-on exercises to provide a basic understanding of sandtray play therapy and how to incorporate it into your practice. Sandplay is an expressive and valuable medium in working with children, families, couples and individuals. Through the creation of a sandtray, one can delve deeper into what is troubling them and facilitate change in the process.
Brief history of Sandtray play therapy
Arrangement of miniatures/meanings
Conducting and processing a sandtray session
Uses for assessment and direct intervention
Join us for this interactive workshop! Cost: $80.00, 3 CEUS
** A Toy Exchange will be held directly after the training! Bring your unwanted toys and games in good condition and trade for something else!
For more information and to register contact: Lehigh Valley Play Therapy Institute 610-349-3836 Lehigh Valley Play Therapy Website LVPlayTherapy@aol.com
Past Seminars and Workshops
Intro to Sandtray Therapy
Play Therapy/Sandtray
The Healing Power of Play
The Healing Power of Play/ Intro to Social Work six hr CEU course
Surviving the Pre-school Years (Parenting Seminar):
Survival Guide to the Preschool Teacher
Healing Power of Play: Creative Strategies to Strengthen the Teacher-Student Relationship
Roadmap to dealing with difficult behaviors in preschool children
Dynamic Parenting: 8 week workshop for parents of young children, Paoli, PA
Workshops and Lectures have been conducted at the following:
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education (ACAJE)
20th Annual Conference of Jewish Early Childhood Educators, Melrose Park
Bala Cynwyd School for Young Children, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr
Chestnut Hill Rotary, Phila., PA
The Children’s School at St. Johns, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Congresso De Latinos, Phila, PA
Har Zion Temple: Noreen Cook Center for Early Childhood Education, Penn Valley, PA
Lehigh Valley Association for Play Therapy, Allentown, PA
Phoebe Anna Thorne School, Bryn Mawr, PA
Kaiserman JCC, Wynnewood,PA
The Gateway School, Wynnewood, PA
Theraplay, Inc, Springfield, PA
Volunteers of America, Foster Care Staff, Phila, PA
* Philadelphia Jewish Exponent on April 23, 2009. http://keppiesbarrettes.blogspot.com/2009/04/jewish-exponent-features-keppies.html
WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS
DYNAMIC PARENTING
Parenting can be the most rewarding and fulfilling experience of a lifetime. The journey through parenthood can also be difficult, frustrating and challenging. The Center for Psychological Services presents a private parenting group that will change the way you look at your child. Bring laughter and harmony into your home. Discover the joys of parenthood and learn to cope with challenging behaviors effectively and creatively.
Build connections with your child through play. Acquire parenting tools to decrease power struggles and temper tantrums. Learn how to alleviate sibling bickering and reduce sibling rivalry. Learn what is appropriate for your child's developmental level. Learn fun, creative play techniques to help your child become more expressive.
The Healing Power of Play: Creative Strategies to Strengthen the Teacher-Student Relationship
Every behavior has a meaning and it is our responsibility to discover what children are communicating. Students exhibit many challenging behaviors that can lead to teacher burnout & frustration. This 2-hour workshop will deepen your understanding of childhood behaviors. We will examine social/emotional development and learn how children's sensory systems affect learning and compliance. This workshop will provide play techniques to help children become more expressive. When children are given the tools to understand their feelings, acting out behaviors are greatly reduced.
Workshop Goals:
Review basic child development and attachment theory
Gain a deeper understanding of the impact of play and learn to identify common play themes.
Learn importance of play and emotion
Learn fun, creative play techniques to help your students become more expressive.
Strengthen your ability to communicate with students, parents and colleagues
Reduce teacher frustration and gain self-confidence
Identify when to seek professional help for a student in need. ___________________________________________
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