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Transformative Practice in Play Therapy Intersectionality with LGBTQ+ Children, Adolescents, & Their Families.

CE Hours 6 2 Play Therapy Skills and Methods 2 Play Therapy Cultural Diversity 2 Play Therapy Special Topic

About this live event

This didactic and experiential training will assist play therapists and mental health practitioners working with individuals and families of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) Community. Participants will gain an understanding of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) of individuals and families and their intersectional identities as it applies to play therapy interventions and mental health practice policy. Participants will examine, through the developmental lens of Crenshaw’s Intersectionality, the role of identity and development play in working with Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) children and adolescents. This workshop will examine culturally sensitive language, gender-affirming practices, and strategies, play therapy interventions, and the interplay of the therapeutic powers of play. Participants will examine the intersectionality of the relevance of SOGIE Community populations, including historical, political, and policy perspectives, the development of SOGIE identity-formation, health, mental health, familial issues, and SOGIE issues through childhood and adolescence. Participants will learn relevant play therapy interventions that can be applied in the playroom.

Learning Objectives

  • Demonstrate insight of the role and challenges of personal bias and intersectionality and their influence on play therapy and clinical practice.
  • Examine best practices in play therapy and identity development models as they apply to and identify the critical relationship between Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE).
  • Name three standard vocabularies and SOGIE culturally sensitive terms utilized in clinical practice and play therapy with their clients and their families.
  • Discuss at least two ethical impacts of the experience of and intersecting identities in the context of play therapy for members of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) Community.
  • List two theoretical and ethical models and standards of care that are culturally competent in play therapy in order to work with clients and their families of the SOGIE Community.
  • Examine, through the Therapeutic Powers of Play, two social, emotional, and psychological impacts of Sexual Orientations, Gender Identity, and Expression in children and adolescents' development and daily lives.
  • Demonstrate nine affirmative play dynamics specific to SOGIE clients and their families and incorporate three of the powers of play and clinical considerations into treatment.
  • Describe two of the values and benefits of affirmative approaches in play therapy as they pertain to helping families and caregivers support and affirm SOGIE youth.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for graduate-level pre-licensed and licensed behavioral/mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and play therapists for continuing education purposes.

Agenda

9:00 AM to 9:15 AM- Introduction to the topic, presenter, and answering the why.

9:15 AM to 10:15AM-Intersectionality Part I- Establishing the Presences of LGBTQ/SOGIE Mental Health Practice in Play Therapy

  • Examining the Therapeutic Powers of Play and Seminal Theories of Practice in Play Therapy
  • Let’s start with intersectionality- Chart and Privilege
  • Defining SOGIE and Coming Out
  • Pronouns Defining Gender and Gender Fluidity

10:15 AM to 10:30 AM- 15 Minute Break.

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM-Intersectionality Part II-Youth SOGIE Practice helping Play Therapist Understand Language and Practice 

  • Models of Practice
  • The Binary Model
  • GAP Model
  • Understanding SOGIE Youth and Families
  • The Guidelines for Practice

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM- Lunch (On your own)

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM- Let the Fun Begin, Part I-Skills and Methods in Play Therapy with SOGIE Children and Adolescents

  • The SOGIE Friendly Office and Playroom
  • Assessment and Risk
  • The Burden Activity- Secrets Bags
  • The Gender bread Person
  • Gender Variant Gender Bread Person
  • Gender Unicorn
  • Social Justice Campus
  • Gender Variant Figurines for Play therapy Use in Family Sculpture, Sand-Tray and Pretend Play activity, Wishing Fairies activities.

2:30 PM to 2:45 PM- 15-minute break

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM- Let the Fun Begin, Part II-Skills and Methods in Play Therapy with SOGIE Children and Adolescents

  • Intersectionality Sand-Tray
  • Intersectionality Family Constellation
  • Intersectionality Tree Activity

3:45 PM to 4:00 PM – Q&A/Discussion


Live event Instructor(s)

  • Kurt W. Oster, LBS, LICSW, LCSW, ACSW, BCD Registered Play Therapist™

    A transformative innovator, entrepreneur, educator, author, and social worker passionate about driving change, Kurt W. Oster, LBS, LICSW, LCSW, ACSW, BCD, RPT™ & Certified Playmaker is entering his sixteenth year in the mental health field. He is the Owner/President & CEO of VonOstir Innovation Services, PLLC, and the Chief Clinical Officer of Aspire Integrated Healthcare Systems, LLC.

    Mr. Oster is a Pennsylvania Licensed Behavioral Specialist (LBS), an Alabama Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), a Florida, Pennsylvania, & Virginia Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), and a Florida and New Jersey Certified PreK-12 School Social Worker (CSSW). He is a Member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, a Board-Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (BCD), and a Registered Play Therapist (RPT)™. In April 2024, Mr. Oster became a Certified Playmaker with the Life is Good Playmaker Project.

    Mr. Oster holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Urban Studies from Rutgers University, a Master in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Science (MS) in Homeland Security and Emergency Management from Colorado Technical University. Additionally, Mr. Oster holds certifications including the ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Professional (ADHD-CCSP), Autism Spectrum Disorder-Clinical Specialist (ASD-CS), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and FEMA Professional Continuity Practitioner, Level I.

    As an LCSW, Mr. Oster serves children, adolescents, young adults, their families, LGBTQIA+, and individuals working through Trauma. Outside of his clinical practice, Mr. Oster is an author and presents information on youth civic engagement, SOGIE mental health, disaster preparedness, and emergency management to the international community. Mr. Oster, LBS, LCSW, ACSW, BCD, RPT™, is currently writing his first textbook in LGBTQ+ Play Therapy, which will be published in June 2025.

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  • Association for Play Therapy (APT)

    This workshop meets APT’s definition of Live Webinar training and is approved by APT Approved Provider #24-726 for 6 CE Live-Webinar.

  • National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter (NASW P.A.)

    NASW has been designated as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapist (48.36), and professional counselors (49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.

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This workshop meets APT’s definition of Live Webinar training and is approved by APT Approved Provider #24-726 for 6 CE Live-Webinar. 
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