Did you know that adult-child play creates a life-long template for emotional resilience?

It’s how we play with children – not how much – that gives them a natural advantage in coping with childhood stressors and builds confident, competent, creative thinkers who are better prepared to step up to life’s curveballs. Through play, children learn how to stay calm in the face of difficulties, observe and describe their emotions, try on flexible perspectives, act on their own initiative, and experiment with new solutions until the problem is solved.

In this interactive training parents and professionals will learn how to support children in developing the brainpower to counteract everyday stress as well as extreme forms of trauma – and the challenging behaviors that sometimes arise out of these survival moments.

Join us to learn key strategies for boosting a child’s emotional immune system so they can navigate the challenges of growing up feeling brave, optimistic, and solution-focused.

Topics covered:

· The neuroscience of play
· The research connecting socially engaged play and resilience
· How playful attunement builds brains from the bottom up
· Strategies to activate and shape a child’s brain
· Self-regulation strategies for the adult

Details

Dates: Thursday, February 28, 2019 | 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $95 Early Bird | Standard Rate: $125  | Group Rate: $75 /person minimum of 3 people
Location: The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles CA 90012
Parking: Free parking is provided at The California Endowment. Tell the parking attendant that you are attending the training.
Schedule: 9:00am to 4:30pm (Registration 8:30am to 9:00am)
Lunch: Lunch is not provided. There is a cafe on site and several eateries within walking distance to the training venue.
Continuing Education: 6 CE credits are available for an additional $30. For more information visit our continuing education page.

Additional Information

Cancellation fees may apply; be sure to review our refund policies here.

Partial scholarships are available, please fill out our online scholarship form before the deadline.

For questions about this training, please contact us at training@echotraining.org or (213) 484-6676

Georgie Wisen-Vincent,  LMFT RPT-S is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She is the founder of the PlayLA Los Angeles Center for Play Therapy, a training organization for parents and professionals. Georgie is a lecturer and supervisor of graduate level play therapists at the Loma Linda University Play Therapy Certificate Program. She also maintains a private practice at The Center for Connection in Pasadena, California, a multidisciplinary practice informed by the framework of Interpersonal Neurobiology, headed by Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, co-author with Daniel Siegel, MD, of the groundbreaking parenting series “The Whole Brain Child”, “No Drama Discipline”, and “The Yes Brain”. Georgie earned her MA MFT from Chapman University and Masters in Child-Centered Play Therapy from the University of Roehampton London. She is a member of the British Association of Play Therapists and the American Association for Play Therapy.