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Diploma in Play Therapy

Online
5-6 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn all the importance and key concepts of using play therapy in children, and its role in children's development. If you're passionate about supporting children's emotional and psychological well-being, this comprehensive course on Play Therapy Foundations and Applications offers an engaging introduction to one of the most effective and developmentally appropriate therapeutic approaches. Designed for educators, mental health professionals, and emerging therapists, the course explores the history, theory, and practice of play therapy.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID195133
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Diploma
Course Duration5-6 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Analyze how play behaviors reflect a child’s emotional state.
• Apply Axline’s principles in a mock play therapy session.
• Arrange the steps involved in setting up a therapeutic playroom.
• Combine child-centered and cognitive-behavioral play therapy methods.
• Compute the average improvement in behavior after a cycle of play therapy.
• Contrast traditional talk therapy with play therapy for young children.
• Create a weekly treatment plan for a child with attachment issues.
• Generate a list of play themes that may indicate trauma.
• Identify signs of emotional distress during a play session.
Course Code7582

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