Play Therapy with At-Risk Youth
Date:   To Be Determined
Time: To Be Determined
Location: To Be Determined
 
For any information not on this flyer, please email:
Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com
 
Training Description:
This workshop will demonstrate various interventions that can be used during play therapy with youth in the welfare system, probation system and/or behavioral health system. This workshop also provides clinicians with the ADDRESSING framework in order to provide culturally responsive care to youth and families in the welfare, probation, and behavioral health system. This workshop will provide case studies in order to highlight how play therapy interventions can be used with at-risk youth and their families. This workshop will also address how interventions can be applied both in face-to-face settings as well as virtual settings with low to no cost items.
 
About the Trainer:
Cristal Alvarado is a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Registered Play Therapist (RPT) with an MA in Counseling Psychology and Correctional Emphasis. She currently works with at-risk youth and Hayward families at the Hayward Police Department. Cristal previously worked with First Five in East San Jose and has been practicing play therapy since 2017. Cristal provides play therapy trainings centered on culture to agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 
**All instructors and staff declare that they have no known conflicts of interest.*
 
Educational Goals: 
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: 
Use the ADDRESSING framework to provide culturally responsive care.
 Have a deeper understanding of ways individuals may identify in order to have deeper discussions with clients about family background. 
Demonstrate the ability to include materials and activities that can be used with at-risk youth.
 
Objectives:
Prepare at least 2 materials that can be incorporated or adapted in order to meet the needs of youth and families in the welfare/probation system. 
Identify and implement at least 4 play therapy interventions that can be used in different phases of treatment either virtually or in face-to-face sessions. 
Identify and implement at least 2 interventions that can be used with at-risk youth and their families in treatment.
 
Target Audience:
This is an introductory course designed for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, LEPs, pre-licensed associates, and graduate mental health students.
 
Accomodations:
To request accommodations for special needs, please email the Program Administrator at Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com.
 
Gievances:
To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com or call 510-516-4345.
 
Certificates:
Course Completion certificates will be awarded at the end of the course in exchange for a completed evaluation form and passing of a post-test. Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
 
Cost/Refund/Cancellations:
Full refund if canceled 45 days before training, minus $50 administrative fee; after that date there will be no refund unless space is filled from the waiting list. Participants may cancel via Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com. If a course must be cancelled, the course participants are notified via email no later than one week in advance. In the event that an instructor has an emergency and must cancel a course with less than a week notice, participants will me notified immediately via email and include information regarding a rescheduled date.
 
CEUs:
CAMFT/CEPA - LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP
Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit, for LMFTs, LCSW's, LPCC's, and LEP's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Cristal Alvarado is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #10003384) to sponsor continuing education for LMFT's, LCSW;s, LPCC;s, and LEP's. Cristal Alvarado maintains responsibility for the program and all its content.
 
Schedule:
Part 1 - Intro
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
Introductions
Hayward YFSB
Background/Roles
Case Studies
 
Part 2: Play Therapy with At-Risk Youth
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Defining At-Risk
ADDRESSING framework
Play Materials
Case Study/Videos/ Examples
Virtual Play Therapy
Expressive Art Interventions
Case Study/Videoes/Examples
Nondirective Play
Case Study/Videoes/Examples
Mandated Clients