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15 Days Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills Training 15 Days Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy PG Certificate 15 Days Training starts
1st March 2014 and 15 Days PG Diploma starts 1st March 2014 at the Regal Hotel, Kowloon. 9am to 5pm each day. Innovative Ways of Alleviating Children’s Learning, Behaviour and Emotional Difficulties - President of Play Therapy International
Jeff Thomas - Director of Research and Standards Play Therapy International
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Introductory Information
Booking Information
Agenda of Events
Frequently Asked Questions
Dates and Costs involved
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Introduction
Support for children with learning, behaviour and emotional difficulties in Hong Kong.
The use of play and creative arts therapies for children with these issues is well developed in
the UK and the USA. In many settings such as schools, social services and hospitals, play therapy
is well established. There is a substantial body of research which shows that overall 70% of
children with these problems show a positive change after receiving play and creative arts
therapies. It has also been demonstrated that children from all countries benefit including Asia
and Africa provided that the Western model is culturally adapted.
The necessity for standards to protect the children
Because all parents are concerned about their children’s future there is the danger of untrained,
uncertified, unsupervised practitioners exploiting families. It isn’t just about sitting
alongside helping a child to play or claiming to be a ‘Play Therpist’ after reading a book on
the subject. Some children will become damaged by unsafe practice.
There has been an increasingly urgent need for a professional body in Hong Kong to set standards
of practice and training for safe practice and also to provide a supporting infrastructure. This
has now been set up as Play Therapy Hong Kong, a not for profit organisation.
A call for all professionals working with children to update their skills
Play and Creative Arts therapies are soundly based on psychological and neuroscience principles –
but these have to be acquired and incorporated into a therapist’s practice using experiential
training as well as theory. There is considerable scope for bona fide professionals such as
psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, teachers, social workers, paediatricians and
occupational therapists to update and extend their skills for working with children.
At last, a coherent and accredited play and creative arts training programme in Hong Kong
A number of short ad hoc play therapy training events have taken place over recent years in Hong
Kong but until now there hasn’t been an accredited, coherent, comprehensive course that leads to
certification by a recognised body. This is about to change with the establishment of the M.A. in
Practice Based Play Therapy programme which includes the Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic
Play Skills and the Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy courses.
Booking Information
15 days Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills - HK$40,000. Deposit HK$5,000. Plus university registration fees of HK$6,700. (Unless otherwise agreed with APAC) You also have to budget for clinical supervision, books and professional membership of PTI (PTHK).
15 days Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy (15 days) is $HK 42,000 plus $HK 5,000 for University
registration. You also have to budget for clinical supervision, books and professional membership of PTI (PTHK).
Accommodation is available at the Regal Hotel, Kowloon. To book your accomodation call 00 852 2313 8637 or e-mail rkh.mice@regalhotel.com and quote 'BQ12913' for special rates! Refreshments and lunch included in the fee.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. When will the receipt be issued?
A. Receipts can be collected on the first day of the course.
Q. Will there be a letter for completion afterwards?
A. You will get a certificate at the end of the 15 days attendance.
Q. Will there be a practicum involved?
A. Yes, 100 sessions for the post graduate certificate. You will only have to do this if you commit yourself after the initial 5 days to the rest of the 10 days programme and we will deal with all these issues during the 5 days.
If you commit yourself to the 15 days then you will be
instructed on what to do during the course.
Q. How will the practice hours be arranged after the training?
A. Information will be handed to those who attend the Post Graduate course.
Q. Who will be the supervisors?
A. We will help you to arrange those.
Q. How many hours needed for supervised practice?
A. 100 supervised at the rate of 1 hr of supervision to 6 hrs of working with the children.
Q. If my background is not in child psychology, would it be ok?
A. Yes, please look at the leaflet and website for details.
Q. Is the membership fee collected from PTHK members used for future running of PTHK (and part of it for PTI) ?
A. At the moment PTI is subsidising PTHK eg set up costs, the web site,
administration and the 'Play for Life Journal'
production and shipping. When there are sufficient
members PTHK will become self financing and its Members
will be able to decide how its funds are spent.
Q. I understand that we have to join the PTHK before starting to do the practicum. How does this go? How much is the membership fee?
A. Information on becoming a member of PTHK/PTI is available here.
Q. What is the main difference
between this programme and other play therapy training
sometimes offered in Hong Kong?
A.
The APAC course is a Post Graduate programme with full
University awards unlike courses that are for CPD
purposes only with just an attendance certificate.
If participants do not want the University awards the
course may be taken with a PTI 'Certificate in
Therapeutic Play Skills' award only. Click here to see examples of the Approaches to Play Therapy by the two main professional organisations
Q.
Does the programme have to be registered by the Hong
Kong Government?
A. Yes.
Any course of education
conducted in Hong Kong which leads to the award of
certain non-local higher education academic
qualification has to be registered under the Hong Kong
Government's Non-local Higher and Professional Education
(Regulation) Ordinance (Chapter 493). The APAC
registration numbers are:
Post Graduate
Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills - 1st
stage of the MA in Practice Based Play Therapy -
Ordinance Registration Number: 252122
Post
Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy - Stage 2 of
the MA in Practice Based Play Therapy -
Ordinance Registration Number: 252121
MA
in Practice Based Play Therapy - Stage 3
Dissertation Modukes - Ordinance Registration
Number: 252120
It is a matter of
discretion for individual employers to recognise
any qualification to which these courses may
lead.
Agenda of Events
PG Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills
(The actual scheduling will depend upon the cohort’s needs and pace of learning – but all subjects will be covered)
You will learn:
Definitions and models of play therapy; How to
convince commissioners of services to use play
therapy; the latest research on clinical outcomes;
informing psychological theories; non-directive play
therapy skills; how to assess children and decide upon
the number of sessions required.
How to communicate with children using the ‘toolkit’
ie sand tray therapy skills, Music, art drama movement
creative visualisation, Therapeutic story writing, clay
and puppet skills. Using an ethical frame work to take
clinical decisions in awkward situations; setting up to
practice; study requirements; clinical record keeping
procedures, Attachment and Child development
theories and their application to play therapy,
neuroscience evidence supporting play therapy;
Answers to outstanding questions.
How to communicate with children using drawing and painting;
neuroscience evidence supporting play therapy; attachment theory –
its application to play therapy.
How to observe and analyse a child’s posture and movement and
communicate with them using movement therapy skills; using
puppets with angry and shy children.
Enabling children to express their emotions using clay; integrating
the use of the media in the playroom; answers to outstanding
questions.
Download the flyer and guide as a PDF.
Dates and Costs involved
PG Cert. in Therapeutic Play Skills (15 days) - 1st March 2014
PG Diploma in Play Therapy (15 days) - 1st March 2014
MA by Dissertation – according to demand
Fees: 15 days Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills - HK$40 000. Deposit HK$5,000. Plus university registration fees of HK$6,700. (Unless otherwise agreed with APAC) You also have to budget for clinical supervision, books and professional membership of PTI (PTHK).
15 days Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy (15 days) is $HK 42,000 plus $HK 5,000 for University
registration. You also have to budget for clinical supervision, books and professional membership of PTI (PTHK).
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