It's All Fun and Games:

Therapy Interventions for Children with Behavioral Issues

New Creation Counseling Center is excited to announce our latest workshop, "It's All Fun and Games: Therapy Interventions for Children with Behavioral Issues".

This workshop is free and open to the public.

6 CEUs from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board are available for a fee of $30 (Approval Pending).

At last year's Hope Over Heroin event we spoke to an elderly woman who had recently taken in her young grandchildren. The parents of the children were no longer around due to consequences from heroin addiction. The story she told us was one we have heard repeatedly from folks in our community. People are stepping into the role of primary caregiver for children who have been traumatized and may have significant emotional or behavioral problems as a result. The new caregivers don't have the resources or training they need, they don't know how to help, and become easily overwhelmed.

Because of this, we are offering a training workshop to educate people on how to interact therapeutically with children who have emotional or behavioral issues. This 6-hour workshop will help attendees learn ways to participate in play time with a child, and will include discussion and practice of skills based in play therapy theories to assist children that exhibit behavioral or emotional issues. Popular games will be used during the workshop to help attendees learn how to encourage children to develop coping and planning skills. There will be opportunity to practice all the learned skills to become a better support person or therapist to the children they interact with.

Please call our office at (937) 667-4678 or email at info@newcreationcounselingcenter.org if you have any questions.

Presenter: Rebecca Hunt, LISW

Rebecca earned a Bachelors in Arts from Wright State University in 2004 and Masters of Social Work from University of Southern California in 2014. She has training in Play Therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT), Motivational Interviewing and Problem Solving therapies. She enjoys working with children and families.

Workshop Agenda

Registration and light breakfast	8:30am - 9:00am
What We Say and Why	9:00am - 10:15am
Break	10:15am - 10:30am
Special Play Time Practice and Observation	10:30am - 12:00pm
Lunch	12:00pm - 1:00pm
How to Play Games	1:00pm - 3:15pm
Break	3:15pm - 3:30pm
Charts and Routines	3:30pm - 4:15pm