Evanston, Illinois (8:30am - 4:30pm)

Learn how to introduce this amazing social emotional developmental program to your school! This training is designed for teachers and the professionals who support them—social workers, school counselors/psychologists, early childhood specialists and others.  Sunshine Circles can be used with children of any age, but are best known for pre-school/early years classrooms and special education settings.

Sunshine Circles have been getting great results in the districts in which they have been introduced!

Adding Sunshine Circles to your classroom will:

• Create an atmosphere that is warm, nurturing, engaging and challenging
• Meet the basic needs of children so they can be freed emotionally to explore their world
• Promote warm relationships between children and adults and friendships among peers
• Engage hard-to-reach children
• Bring fun and exuberance into the lives of children
• Place emphasis on cooperation between children
• Encourage children to learn and practice self- control 
• Enhance trust of others through concrete, personal and positive experiences
• Help children with regulatory disorders and tactile issues
• Simultaneously address cognitive, social and emotional development

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the four dimensions of Theraplay, a modality of play therapy
• Apply Theraplay principles to group treatment in a school setting
• Develop skills in using the group rules and group techniques in a school setting through practice
• Demonstrate how to adapt the use of group Theraplay with various populations
• Describe how nurturing and regulating physical connection can assist a child to feel calm and more organized in a group setting
• Describe three techniques for managing resistance and problem situations in groups
• List a variety of material and activities that are appropriate for the group Theraplay, a modality of play therapy
• List three strategies for incorporating Theraplay in daily interactions with children in the classroom

Fees:

$350 Standard (non-members)
$300 Theraplay Association Members
$295 Friend Rate (restrictions apply)

For group rates please contact ryan@theraplay.org

International Training: 

Pricing and booking policies vary at international training (outside of the U.S.). Please Contact Us and we will put you in touch with international training sponsors for more information.

If you can’t make the training or you just want to see more about what Sunshine Circles are, order the manual and DVD.