Links & Resources
Contents
What's New: Therapist's Bag of Tricks
Becoming a Play Therapist
Therapeutic Resources by Topic
Childhood Traumatic Experience - What is Child Traumatic Stress?
Animal Assisted Therapy
Storytelling and Narrative Therapy
Therapeutic Resources by Resource Type
Activities
Games
Materials from Past APTA Events
Spring Conference 2014: Alison Hendricks, Introducing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavoural Therapy, Calgary AB
Supportive materials highlighted at the APTA Spring Conference 2014 - TF-CBT (PDF)
Highlighted Websites
APTA on Facebook
www.facebook.com/pages/Alberta-Play-Therapy-Association
Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy
www.cacpt.com
Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute (RMPTI)
www.rmpti.com/
Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA)
www.catainfo.ca
Bruce Perry and the Child Trauma Academy
www.childtrauma.org
Centre For Expressive Therapy
www.centreforexpressivetherapy.com/
Liana Lowenstein Original Therapeutic Resources
www.lianalowenstein.com
Play Therapy International
www.playtherapy.org/
Child Therapy Toys
www.childtherapytoys.com
Guide to Activities for Child Therapy Sessions (Regis College) Many useful links.
https://online.regiscollege.edu/master-arts-counseling/guide-activities-child-therapy-sessions/
Play is more than just fun
Stuart Brown, Play researcher, psychiatrist
Serious Play 2008 · 26:42 · Filmed May 2008
Stuart Brown's research shows play is not just joyful and energizing — it's deeply involved with human development and intelligence. Through the National Institute for Play, he's working to better understand its significance.
Why you should listen Dr. Stuart Brown came to research play through research on murderers -- unlikely as that seems -- after he found a stunning common thread in killers' stories: lack of play in childhood. Since then, he's interviewed thousands of people to catalog their relationships with play, noting a strong correlation between success and playful activity.
His book Play describes the impact play can have on one's life. With the support of the National Geographic Society and Jane Goodall, he has observed animal play in the wild, where he first concieved of play as an evolved behavior important for the well being -- and survival -- of animals, especially those of higher intelligence. Now, through his organization, the National Institute for Play, he hopes to expand the study of human play into a vital science -- and help people everywhere enjoy and participate in play throughout life. Read more at TED.com
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