MAPT Regional Workshops

CHILD TRAUMA:
BENEFITS OF PLAY THERAPY

PRESENTED BY:
Larry R. Beckett, MS, RVE, CSC, RPT-S, LPC
District School-Based Clinician-Carthage R-9 School District

Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012

Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Place: The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell
Springfield, MO  65810-1723
(417) 616-0534

Continuing Education Credit: 6.00 hrs.

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Overview

This 6.00 contact hours MAPT workshop is expected to bring vital information concerning children and traumatic experiences such as child sexual abuse and natural disaster. Information will include a review of laws that have been exacted to protect our children, as well as statistical exploration specific to whether or not child abuse should remain a concern of ours as practicing Professional Play Therapists.  We will also take time to participate in group Play Therapy activities to help round out our training day.  Truly, whether you practice in schools, community centers or in private practice this topic touches everyone.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

1. Be provided an overview of trauma involving children and the use of Professional Play Therapy.

2. Receive information on current trauma situations and discuss how Play Therapy is used as a treatment of choice for children.

3. Identify pertinent laws in force today and tell how they protect our children from child abuse.

4. Engage in Play Therapy activities to broaden the learning scope of the impact of Play Therapy.

5. Learn strategies to identify children currently in Play Therapy who have encountered but not yet disclosed traumatic experiences.  

About the Presenter

Larry Beckett currently serves as a District Wide School-Based Clinician in the Carthage R-9 School District. He provides individual, group and crisis counseling. For the past five years, he has been directly involved in the development and implementation of a district wide Intervention System, which is designed to specifically meet the academic and/or behavioral needs of struggling learners. He serves as a consultant for Student Intervention Teams, and has co-presented to neighboring districts that are in the process of developing effective and efficient behavioral Intervention Systems. He also maintains a private counseling practice.

As a Behavioral Specialist, Larry has conducted numerous workshops on a wide range of topics related to children, relationships, intervention, parenting, and family systems. As an instructor and independent contractor, he teaches courses specific to parenting including Child-Parent Relationship Training sponsored by the Alliance of Southwest Missouri. He is also a certified trainer with Darkness to Light and provides child sexual abuse prevention training through the program, Stewards of Children.

Larry serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Masters counseling program at Missouri State University where he teaches Theories of Counseling, Clinical Therapeutic Practices, and Child-Parent Relationship Training. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at Crowder College where he teaches Psychology and College Connections.

Larry serves as the current Past President of the Missouri Association of Play Therapy (MAPT) and is a member of the Association for Play Therapy. He is the recipient of the 2009 Helen Matthews Award for Outstanding Play Therapists in the School Setting and former recipient of the Dr. Shirley Hendricks Play Therapy scholarship award.

Continuing Education

Continuing education credit is sponsored by The Missouri Association for Play Therapy.  6.00 contact hours are offered with full attendance.  CE credit is offered for the professional discipline of play therapy (AP # 08-223).  CEU request forms will be available on site. 

For questions regarding CEUs, please contact:  joycewilkerson@gmail.com