Online Workshop: Culturally Responsive Child-Parent Relationship Therapy

The University of Arkansas Counseling Office of Play Therapy Research & Training Presents

Culturally Responsive Child Parent Relationship Therapy
with Dr. Peggy Ceballos

Research and Training

Friday-Saturday, Nov. 13-14, 2020, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. — Conducted on Zoom

Due to COVID-19 health concerns, this one-time online event has been approved by the Association for Play Therapy for 12 non-contact Continuing Education Units: APT Approved Provider #15-403; NBCC #4008; ADE

The charge will be $200 for professionals and $100 for students.

☞ Secure online registration form and payment ☜ (link to form disabled). The Zoom link will be sent to registrants a day before the conference.

Contact: Dr. Kristi Perryman

Program Description

This workshop will provide an overview of the Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), a play-therapy model, which teaches parents Child-Centered skills to use with their own children, and address adaptations when working with various communities.

Learning Objectives

Following the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify three Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) characteristics associated with the CPRT model
  2. Define humility and ways in which we can apply it when working with various families from a CCPT perspective
  3. Identify three CCPT philosophical principles of the CPRT model
  4. Identify at least three values that need to be integrated in the delivery of CPRT methods and skills when working with clients from some communities
  5. Describe one modification to make CPRT responsive to certain families
  6. Improve clients’ well-being
  7. Identify three factors that certain families face in the United States
  8. Improve clients’ treatment plans

Dr. Peggy Ceballos Bio

Peggy CeballosPeggy Ceballos, Ph.D., NCC, CCPT-S, CPRT-S, is an associate professor at the University of North Texas in Denton. She has clinical experience as a school counselor and as a community counselor. As a counselor educator, Dr. Ceballos has engaged in development, management and dissemination of research in the areas of culturally responsive school-counseling services for certain students, informed parent- and teacher-training interventions, and other issues.

Her research agenda has a special focus on adapting play therapy services to certain populations.

She has conducted over 60 professional presentations and she has been the recipient of 11 professional awards, including the 2016 TCA Advocacy Award and the 2011 American Counseling Association (ACA) Best Practice Award for best research.

Agenda

Day 1

8:30-10 a.m. — Definition of parenting and review of the philosophical tenets of CPRT; including assessing child/parent’s needs and readiness for CPRT vs. play therapy
10-10:15 — Break
10:15-noon — Review of the CPRT model — Sessions 1-3
Noon-1 p.m. — Lunch
1-2:30 — Review of the CPRT model — Sessions 4-6 of the CPRT model
2:30-2:45 — Break
2:45-3:30 — Review of the CPRT model — Sessions 7-10 of the CPRT model

Day 2

8:30-10 a.m. — Understanding the experience of  certain families — Definitions and their impact on the socio-emotional wellbeing of minoritized families and children.
100-10:15 — Break
10:15-noon — Understanding values and issues affecting certain families
Noon-1 p.m. — Lunch
1-2:30 — Integrating values throughout the CPRT model
2:30-2:45 — Break
2:45-3:30 — Clinical applications as play therapists and CPRT leaders