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Becoming a Brain-Wise Therapist: Using Play Therapy and Expressive Arts Across the Lifespan
Presented by Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT
We are pleased to offer this two-day workshop full of learning, practice and case studies with Dr. Bonnie Badenoch. Bonnie is an in-the-trenches therapist, supervisor, teacher and author who has developed strategies to integrate the discoveries of neuroscience into the play and art of therapy. This workshop is co-sponsored by the Virginia Association for Play Therapy and the Institute for Continuing Education. We hope you can join us!
Monday, June 18
Tuesday, June 19th
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
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Featured VAPT News
April Fun: Play with your family on World Health Day and every day!
April 16, 2012
This year's focus for World Health Day is "Aging and Health: Good health adds life to years." The World Health Organization (WHO) urges people across the globe to participate healthy activities to invigorate their lives.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 16, 2012
During April, churches, schools, businesses, individuals and Prevent Child Abuse Virginia partner organizations throughout the state serve as Pinwheel Partners by distributing pinwheels to their children or other young relatives, to friends or colleagues, and by planting pinwheel gardens. Participate in an outreach activity for this important cause and play therapy! You can also wear a blue ribbon to signify your recognition of the issue. View materials to copy and distribute
York University Study: Children with Autism and Floortime Intervention
April 16, 2012
Now, researchers at York University in Toronto are carrying out the first study of a play-based therapy program that has had some remarkable success in drawing some autistic children out of their solitary worlds and into a shared one. In this video, the CBC's reporter offers a moving look inside floortime therapy ... and how it's given one Ontario family new hope for their son. View a video showing the Floortime intervention and brain scan findings
World Autism Awareness Day
April 16, 2012
Visit the Autism Speaks website frequently to stay informed about current findings and treatments.
Interactive Autism Network: Shares Research About Ways to Combat Bullying
April 16, 2012
It has been suggested that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are especially vulnerable to bullying. The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) is now sharing initial results of a national survey on the bullying experiences of children on the autism spectrum. The findings show that children with ASD are bullied at a very high rate, and are also often intentionally "triggered" into meltdowns or aggressive outbursts by ill-intentioned peers. The study found that a total of 63% of 1,167 children with ASD, ages 6 to 15, had been bullied at some point in their lives.
