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By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the foundational principles, definitions, and purposes of play therapy as a developmentally appropriate therapeutic approach for children.
• Differentiate between directive, non-directive, and integrative play therapy approaches and describe how each supports children’s emotional expression and growth.
•  Describe core play therapy skills, including tracking, reflecting feelings, restating content, modelling, limit setting, and returning responsibility to the child.
• Explain the role of play in child development, including its neurobiological, emotional, and communication functions.
• Apply foundational concepts such as PACE and therapeutic limit-setting to support safety, rapport-building, and emotional regulation in play therapy sessions.

At the end of this training, you will learn how to:
• Identify and apply key clinical supervision models (e.g., developmental, integrative, and discrimination models).
• Demonstrate ethical decision-making in supervisory relationships, including boundaries, dual roles, and mandated reporting.
• Implement effective supervisory techniques such as live observation, feedback delivery, and competency-based evaluation.
• Integrate cultural humility and trauma-informed care principles into supervisory practice.
• Reflect on their own supervisory style and engage in self-assessment for professional growth.

At the end of this training, you will learn how to:
• Describe the foundational principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), including the six core processes that promote psychological flexibility.
• Differentiate between beginner, intermediate, and advanced clinician applications of ACT in clinical practice.
• Demonstrate ACT interventions for beginning clinicians, such as mindfulness of the moment, thought labeling, values clarification, and acceptance-based exercises.
• Apply intermediate-level ACT techniques including cognitive defusion, self-as-context exploration, committed action planning, and workability review in youth and young adult populations.
• Integrate advanced ACT strategies such as ACT Matrix work, functional analysis through the ACT lens, and cross-modality integration (e.g., ACT + DBT, ACT + CBT) to address complex client presentations.
• Assess the role of psychological flexibility as both a treatment target and outcome measure across stages of clinician development.