Description

Play therapists need help navigating from the first contact with a parent looking for child therapy to the witness chair in a family court situation. Each twist and turn of the journey, Christy will put on her captain’s hat and share information from national sources on how to ethically set up the intake process, respond to attorney questions, maintain their role, and protect themselves from liability. During this course, play therapists will learn where the waters are dangerous and how to find the calm in the storm. Throughout, the play therapist will learn to evaluate policies and procedures from their own theoretical lens.

Cost

$105.00

Learning Objectives

1. Each participant will be able to define these terms:
   Community play therapist,
   Court-involved play therapist
   Court appointed play therapist
   Court ordered play therapist.
2. Each participant will be able to explain specific boundaries for play therapists needed with court involved families.
3. Each participant will be able to update their intake procedures to match their play therapy theoretical model and manage liability in a court involved situation.
4. Participants will learn a step by step process to respond to a subpoena professionally as a play therapist.
5. Participants will learn how to communicate clearly and ethically with attorneys about child clients with specifics on standouts for play therapists.
6. Participants will have a one page cheat sheet to assist them in preparing for court with specific play therapy language.