Professional Development
Do you work with children? We are here to help :)
We provide professional development workshops which are of interest to all those who work with children.
Further professional development workshops can be provided in ECE, Primary, agency, social service and community settings. Please contact us to find out more.
Whaowhia te kete mātauranga
— Fill your basket of knowledge
Professional Development Workshops
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An Introduction to CCPT
This popular 3-day professional development workshop offers course participants an introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy, with this being a very unique, deeply heartfelt, relational way of being with children. This workshop also holds credits for Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who wish to apply and who meet the entry criteria.
North Island dates: 30 October - 1 November 2024, Cambridge
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The Wonderful World of CCPT
A 5-day professional development workshop which also becomes Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who meet the entry criteria.
The 5-day workshop will comprise of a 3-day in-person practicum, followed by a 2-day online theoretical workshop. The in-person workshop is prerequisite to the online workshop.
North Island in-person workshop: 25-27 March 2024, Cambridge
South Island in-person workshop: 3-5 April 2024, Wānaka
Online workshop (North & South Island trainees combined): 8-9 April 2024
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Trauma and Attachment
A 1-day professional development workshop with Dr Wendy Kelly, focussing on the impact of trauma on early attachment relationships and how this affects children’s view of themselves and other people, their development and their social and emotional well-being. It will also cover theory and provide ideas and techniques for understanding the issues facing maltreated and traumatised children and a practical method of working out what the child needs to learn from current relationships, both caregiving and therapeutic.
Online date 2024: TBA, online webinar
What our trainees are saying -
“I feel like these 5 days is the most beneficial training I have ever attended. This workshop has blown my world apart, when it comes to how I view my work with children!! I am so grateful to have found this workshop. I have a new found excitement about the work and this CCPT modality exists for the benefit of our children. Thank you so much for such a high quality workshop.”
— C.M – social worker in schools
“Everyone working with children should learn this! This is by far the most productive and practical workshop I have attended – and I have been to lots! I would be so excited to carry on and become a play therapist, but I can also easily see how the content will be readily transferred (and shared!) in the work I currently do. It has been such a powerful journey of discovery – both personal and professional. Thank you!”
— K.B. – social worker in schools
“The content of the workshop will be very valuable for any future work with children.”