Summary
- 1 year
- £770
- In person
- 4 day course and a follow up day a year later
- Location and Duration
- Entry Requirements
- Helping Parents and Children
- Course Content
- Qualifications and Assessments
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This Certificate in Filial Play Coaching Course is delivered over four days with a one-day follow up at a later date for you to present your case study
Venue: East Sussex National Hotel, Little Horsted, Uckfield
Course fee: £620.00
Date: 23/06/2024 – 26/06/2024
The course will run from 09.00 – 17.00 each day
Mandatory Follow up Day: 2025 Date TBC
For those who have previously completed the 4 days
The course will run from 09.00 – 17.00
Fee: £150.00
For those who have previously completed the previous course the Follow up Day will take place on the 21/06/2024
International Courses
Venue: Bahasa, Indonesia
Course fee:
Date: TBC
Venue: Hong Kong, Regal Kowloon Hotel
Course fee:
Date: TBC
Post Qualifying Certificate in Filial Play Coaching Course Entry Requirements
Completed as a minimum, the post-graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills (the grade on the PTUK / PTI Register appears as Certified Practitioner in Therapeutic Play Skills) with clinical experience working with children using nondirective therapeutic play.
Or
Completed a post-graduate Diploma in Play Therapy (the grade on the PTUK / PTI Register appears as Certified Play Therapist) with clinical experience working with children using non-directive therapeutic play.
Enhanced DBS/ Access NI/ Garda Vetting/ Scottish PVG Check under the role of Trainee Play Therapist or Play Therapist – please email contact@ptukorg.com for information on the associated fees.
A current membership with Play Therapy UK/Play Therapy International will be required upon enrolment on the course as either a Certified Practitioner in Therapeutic Play Skills or Certified Play Therapist.
Parents can, indeed should, occupy an essential role in alleviating the emotional and behavioural problems of their children. Although it is impractical and unethical for parents to carry out Play Therapy with their own children, it is highly desirable that they use non-directive play as a part of their parenting skills.
Training as a Filial Play Coach provides a big opportunity for Play Therapists to extend their practice to working with parent, carers and families as well as children.
Students who successfully complete our Certificate in Filial Play CoachingFilial Play qualification will be able to use the title Filial Play Coach on the PTUK Register of Play and Creative Arts Therapists accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
The Post Qualifying Certificate in Filial Play Coaching programmes will include:
- A review of the main Filial Play Therapy models to enable you to develop the approach that suits you best
- The differences between coaching and mentoring and how a Coach may develop into a Mentor.
- Choosing an appropriate coaching model – an exploration of the theories and styles of coaching.
- How to assess children and parents as being suitable for Filial Play
- Deciding upon the optimum programme of coaching for each parent
- Agreeing a Filial Play contract with the parent(s)
- Helping the parents to set up at home
- The coaching of parents in non-directive play skills, including the re-orientation required by play therapists.
- Monitoring the progress of the family.
In order to successfully complete this course, you will need to fulfil the following criteria:
- 40 Hours of Filial Play Coaching/Mentoring (this includes all preparation/assessment sessions with the parent/carer)
- Satisfactory logging of all Filial Play Coaching/Mentoring sessions
- Satisfactory recording of notes on each Filial Coaching/Mentoring session on the forms provided. This needs to include supervision of parent sessions at home and analysis of parent log
- A reflective journal to be completed for all coaching and mentoring sessions (40 entries)
- Eight supervision sessions with a Filial Play Supervisor who is on the Register of Play and Creative Arts Therapists
- Prepare a case study to present at a Follow-Up Day
- Attendance to a Follow-Up Day
