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Puppet for Anger Management with Children in Play Therapy: A Force
for Positive Change
Presenter: Joanne Vizzini, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC

When: March 18, 6 PM - 9:30 PM & March 19, 10 AM - 1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

Cost: $165.00

CE Hours: 6
Due to Covid-19 health concerns, this one-time online event has been approved by 6 APT for CONTACT/CE Hours.
Description:
In the classroom, at home, work or clinical space, to include play therapy, treating angry feelings and angry behaviors in a creative positive way, across all ages, is challenging for educators and mental health providers daily. Puppets and dolls act as mediators, a bridge, a pathway to a force for positive change. Girls & women are generally taught not to feel or express anger, whereas boys & men are generally taught to have only the feeling of anger, and to express it aggressively. Non-binary children, teens and adults struggle to discover their emotional identity, their status in relationships. Families and workplaces have their own tenor, from explosiveness to complete compliance or silence. In the playroom this tool is a positive and power resource for change.
Join us for a ride on the affective play therapy roller coaster using puppets as a guide for moving toward greater emotional intelligence. Aid parents/caregivers, families, children and employers to deal effectively with variations of anger and its expression. Each of you will be given personal feedback about your use of Puppets/Dolls to encourage and guide you.
Please have your own Puppet or Doll available to use during the workshop. No practical experience is necessary. There will be significant time to practice each of the skills.
Learning Objectives:

  1. Recall one experience with a client that was positive and one that was negative.
  2. Describe the RAINBOW COLOR FEELING CHART used by the puppets that is associated with anger, as a tool for growing in emotional intelligence.
  3. Demonstrate with the Puppets a scene of passionate anger and a scene of ignoring anger.
  4. Describe the healthy journey from the sympathetic system to the parasympathetic system using puppets for psycho-education and non-directive play therapy.
  5. Identify 4 ways that Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Experiencing Theory can help the roller coaster of Social Engagement in practical ways. Describe an example of the use of humor in puppet play to elicit inner safety and the ability to feel connected, to have unconditional positive regard, no matter what feeling is expressed.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Education Approval for Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Social Workers/ School Psychologists/MFCCs/Play Therapists/Art Therapists 

SOCIAL WORKERS
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. Social Work Boards in most states accept this approval status. 

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5763. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CBPS is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school Psychologists, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for the program. 

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
The Maryland and Washington, DC Boards of Psychology Examiners Recognizes national Association of School Psychologist approval status with CBPS and grants CE hours to clinical psychologists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

PLAY THERAPISTS
Chesapeake Professional Seminars (CBPS) is an Association for Play Therapy (APT) approved provider of continuing education, APT Approved Provider #97-034.

NEW YORK SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICIONERS, AND LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

CBPS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board of Social Work, Provider #0122; and the Board of Mental Health Practitioners, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Provider #MHC-0009 and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, provider #MFT-0008.

ART THERAPISTS
Art Therapists (LCAT, ATR-BC) may obtain CE Hours based on our NBCC approval status.
Cancellation Policy:

Written notification of cancellation must be received in our office at least 10 business days prior to a training for a refund. A $25.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the refund. There will be no refund for cancellation notification less than 10 business days.

CBPS reserves the right to cancel a training due to inclement weather or insufficient enrollment. In the event of such cancellation, you will receive a full refund.