The participants of the Foundations of Play Therapy: Green Stream have completed a dedicated study of the following content:

• Introduction to the concepts, theory and practice of play therapy
• Models of play therapy
• The continuum of directiveness in play therapy
• Play and development
• Working with Traumatized and non-traumatized children
• Play therapy process
• Play based assessments
• Ethics and professional guidelines for play therapists

Additionally, all participants explored fully equipped play therapy settings and had an opportunity to experience working in a play therapy room.

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CERTIFICATE IN SANDPLAY - Congratulations to the Spring Class of 2013!

Participants dedicated 4 on-site days at Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute and one on-line learning day to the study of sandplay. The unique approach to this course is that participants focus on developmental issues and learn about the differences between working with young children, middle school aged children and adolescents and adults with the sandplay approach. Participants enjoyed experiential exercises and were part of a number of sandplay studies. Those in attendance learned about what to look for and how to make sense of the sandplay process.

summer class of 2012

summer class of 2011

suumer class of 2010

class of 2010 - offsite program in Medicine Hat, Alberta

The participants of the Red Stream Advanced Theory and Techniques in Play Therapy program have completed a dedicated study of the following content:

• Play Based Interventions and Approaches
• Spontaneous Creative Interventions in Play Therapy
• Family Play Therapy
• Group Play Therapy
• Facilitative Play Approaches with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Advanced Sandplay
• Working with Highly Aggressive Children
• Working with Anxious or Depressed Children
• Ethics and the Law

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CONGRATULATIONS RED STREAM SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012!

Red Stream class of 2012

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class of 2010

2012 CERTIFICATE IN SANDPLAY - IRELAND

Held at the Children's Therapy Center in Ireland, trained play therapists joined together to study for 4 days. Participants were exposed to sandplay from a developmental perspective. The program covered the different ways to work with children aged 4-7, 8-11 and 12-18 in sand. Both Jungian and play therapy principles were emphasized. Participants were able to experience a number of different approaches to working with children. As part of the program, many case studies were provided along with experiential self-reflective opportunities.

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Congratulations to the 2012 Sandplay Training Group in Calgary! Your participation and input was an invaluable part of the training.

Participants went away with a deepened knowledge and experience of sandplay from a developmental perspective. The group designed their ending sandtray of their "Experience" of sandplay. All participants added a word at the end that reflected their feeling of the collaborative scene. Best wishes to you all as you work with children, adolescents and adults in sandplay in the future.

In April 2011 we had a fabulous group of participants attend the Sandplay Training (Yellow Stream) program at the RMPTI training site in Calgary. Several participants traveled from Manitoba and throughout Alberta to attend this 4 day intensive program.Congratulations to all participants.

“play is an international language”

In 2009, play therapy training participants successfully completed an Introduction to Play Therapy Course as sponsored by the Boys and Girls Clubs Association of Hong Kong. This group had serious fun!!!

In 2010, RMPTI returned to Hong Kong to present "Advanced Play Therapy Training"

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