What's included?
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1 Non-Contact CE Hour & Certificate (with survey & passing quiz grade)
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Learn at your own pace. The training videos will be here waiting for you!
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No Expiration Date (you'll have 24-hour, 365-Days access to the content). Rewatch them anytime!
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Closed Captioning
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High Quality, 4K Interactive Video & Clear Audio
Will this suit me?
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Beginner play therapists who want to build a strong foundation for recognizing abuse indicators in the playroom and fulfilling legal reporting obligations with clarity from the start.
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Intermediate play therapists wanting to sharpen their clinical eye for subtle behavioral and symbolic red flags, and tighten the gap between suspicion and confident action.
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Advanced supervisors who want to gain a precise, standardized framework to guide supervisees through the complexities of assessment, reasonable suspicion, and mandated reporting in Illinois.
1 NON-CONTACT CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
APT APPROVED PROVIDER 18-533
NBCC ACEP No. 7752
Course Description:
Play therapists are uniquely positioned to detect abuse through verbal disclosures, behavioral presentation, and symbolic play themes. "Mandated Reporting in Play Therapy Settings: Ethical, Clinical, and Legal Responsibilities” course equips clinicians with a developmentally informed framework for identifying reasonable suspicion, assessing concerning play patterns, and fulfilling mandated reporting responsibilities in Illinois, including DCFS requirements, the CANTS-5 form, and hotline procedures.
Course Objectives:
Objective 1 - Apply the Mandated Report Decision Tree within a play therapy context.
Objective 2 - Identify indicators of suspected child abuse or neglect within play therapy settings.
Objective 3 - Evaluate play behaviors and clinical presentations.
Play Therapy Toolbox is an Approved Provider with the Association for Play Therapy. (APT Approved Provider #18-533).
Play therapy credit available to mental health professionals only as listed in each course description. Courses that do not qualify for play therapy credit are clearly listed.
Play Therapy Toolbox has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7752.
Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Play Therapy Toolbox is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Your Instructor
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Instructor
Susan Stutzman
Susan Stutzman, LCPC, RPT-S, is the founder and owner of Kid Matters Counseling in Hinsdale, IL. Susan is the co-owner of Play Therapy Toolbox, a digital resource to help support, train, and equip the next generation of play therapists and play therapy supervisors. She is the past president of the Illinois Association for Play Therapy, a mother of 4 children, and lives in Hinsdale with her husband of 21 years.