** This course is being retired. In order to obtain APT credit, you must complete the course by March 1, 2020.**
In this video interview, Carla Sharp discusses the development of her Build A House technique for assessing family functioning in family play therapy sessions. She explains how clinicians can begin using this technique with families and how to make observations about the elements in the house that will provide insight into family roles, communication patterns, and overall functioning.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn a simple play therapy technique called Build A House to use in the assessment of family functioning in play therapy sessions.
2. Participants will learn why assessing the family system during play therapy sessions is vital to understanding the child.
3. Participants will learn how the process of building a house in play sessions will reveal communication patterns, parenting style and sibling/parent relationship patterns.
4. Participants will learn how the actual house build during a play session will say a lot about the family system.