Following the workshop,
participants should be able to 1) construct a model
of how play facilitates the process
of self discovery; 2) describe how the person
of the play therapist is a therapeutic variable; 3) explain how play therapy is a process rather than an event; 4) identify four
healing messages
needed by children; 5) identify dimensions
of the play therapy relationship that are therapeutic; 6) describe how to empower a child by returning responsibility to the child; 7) identify the sequence
of emotional steps that precedes behavioral change; 8) identify intangible dimensions that impact the play therapy relationship.