Digital Play Therapy (DPT): The Creative Integration of Digital Tools Online focuses on the responsible integration of digital tools in play therapy. Within DPT, the importance of speaking the client’s language, honoring the client’s culture, and the incorporation of the therapist 5Cs: Competence, Comfort, Culture, Congruency, and Capability are paramount. The inclusion of these tools is to be seen as an “and”: we can use our traditional items AND include digital tools in person and through telehealth.
Whether the participant is a “technoskeptic” or a “technoneccisist”, this course will guide the through the fundamental tenets of DPT and provide tools which can be used in one’s next session. Grounded in Prescriptive Play Therapy and the Therapeutic Powers of Play, a structure for the appropriate use and integration of digital tools will be discussed.
Inclusion and accessibility are critical aspects of DPT and the well-rounded therapist will benefit from understanding this important topic in more depth. There is therapeutic value in the discussion of your client’s interests, in the knowledge of such interests, entering their world and culture, and the inclusion of digital tools in play therapy. Digital play therapy is not about jumping on some trendy bandwagon; it is about appropriately incorporating cultural shifts and having a foundation for such inclusion.
Learning Objective Participants can Expect from this Workshop:
- Develop an understanding of Digital Therapy
- Develop an understanding of the Prescriptive and Therapeutic Powers of Play
- Experience the power of Digital Tools
This Workshop is appropriate for:
- Practitioners working online with Children & Young People
How can this Workshop Impact Your Practice:
- Discover Digital Online Tools that can be easily integrated into practice
Course Content
Presenter
Jessica Stone, Ph.D., RPT-S is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado, U.S.. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for more than 30 years. Dr. Stone has numerous publications to date including Technology in Mental Health, Integrating Technology into Modern Therapies, Game Play, Play Therapy Theory and Perspectives, Play Therapy and Telemental Health, and Digital Play Therapy in addition to numerous chapters in a variety of books. She has served as the president of the California Association for Play Therapy branch, the APT Leadership Academy Chair, on the Association for Play Therapy Nominations committee, is a member of the AutPlay and Leader of the Digital Play Therapy Advisory Boards, and serves as an affiliate of the East Carolina University College of Education Neurocognition Science Laboratory.
