Level Two Theraplay & MIM
Registrants should have experience using Theraplay in their work before attending this training.
19 Continuing Professional Development Hours (except where noted)
Prerequisite: Level One Theraplay & Marschak Interaction Method
Day 1: Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) Skill Development
This will focus on several examples of MIMs and their interpretation to improve your comfort and skill in administering and interpreting this assessment.
Learning Objectives
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Administer and analyze the MIM at an intermediate skill level
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Develop skills in the use of the MIM for treatment planning
Features
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Time permitting, you may share one of your complex or interesting MIM’s for group discussion.
Day 2: Building Your Theraplay Skills
This will help improve the breadth of your Theraplay skill set to bring your Theraplay work to a higher skill level.
Learning Objectives
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Demonstrate how to use a wider range of Theraplay activities and techniques
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Describe how to adapt Theraplay to work with a wider range of populations, such as children with autism and older children
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Describe strategies for dealing with resistant clients
Features
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The training will include lots of practice and a wide range of video examples
Day 3: Adapting Theraplay to Work with Trauma and Complex Families
If you work with children who have been traumatized, have attachment disorders or complex families we highly recommend that you attend this program. It will help you sensitively adapt Theraplay to work with this population.
Learning Objectives
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Describe the concept of developmental trauma disorder
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Describe three modifications to Theraplay to meet the needs of traumatized children
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Describe two ways that other modalities can be used in conjunction with Theraplay to meet the treatment needs of traumatized children
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Describe how to determine when to use Theraplay in the overall treatment course of a client
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Describe how to adapt treatment to meet the needs of parents who themselves may be traumatized
Features
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Case videos of children who have been traumatized will be shown
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Participants will practice Theraplay modifications for trauma
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Participants will develop and practice a treatment plan for one of their traumatized client
Upcoming Trainings
- Mon, 10 MarBrisbane10 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 13 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AESTBrisbane, 24 Gaskell St, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113, Australia10 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 13 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AESTBrisbane, 24 Gaskell St, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113, AustraliaTheraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
- Mon, 24 MarMelbourne24 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEDT – 27 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AEDTMelbourne, 1 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
- Mon, 07 AprSydney07 Apr 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 10 Apr 2025, 5:00 pm AESTSydney, 55 Shelley St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
- Tue, 20 MayRockhampton20 May 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 23 May 2025, 5:00 pm AESTRockhampton, Cambridge St, Rockhampton City QLD 4700, Australia20 May 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 23 May 2025, 5:00 pm AESTRockhampton, Cambridge St, Rockhampton City QLD 4700, AustraliaTheraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
- Mon, 23 JuneHobart23 June 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 26 June 2025, 5:00 pm AESTHobart, 36 Argyle St, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia
- Mon, 08 SeptGold Coast08 Sept 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 11 Sept 2025, 5:00 pm AESTGold Coast, Corner Olsen and, Musgrave Ave, Southport QLD 4215, Australia08 Sept 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 11 Sept 2025, 5:00 pm AESTGold Coast, Corner Olsen and, Musgrave Ave, Southport QLD 4215, AustraliaTheraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
- Tue, 04 NovAdelaide04 Nov 2025, 9:00 am ACDT – 07 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm ACDTAdelaide, 43 Franklin St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
- Mon, 24 NovPerth24 Nov 2025, 9:00 am AWST – 27 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm AWSTPerth, 9 Alvan St, Subiaco WA 6008, Australia