A Play Therapy Approach to Creative Interventions for the Attention Different Child- Nonmember

February 27, 2026

The Junior League of Nashville

2202 Crestmoor Road, Nashville, TN

9am-4pm

6 hrs. In-person

Play therapy credit is only awarded to mental health professionals

Overview

This workshop will cover how children with ADHD see the world and why traditional treatment approaches are ineffective with this population. Participants will learn hands-on, practical play therapy techniques that will help these children accept responsibility, lower defensiveness, and increase feelings of competency and success.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will identify the three main ADHD Diagnosis most commonly seen in play

therapy

2. Participants will explain why traditional punishment based approaches are

ineffective.

3. Participants will identify the Primary Need of the disruptive child and how play therapy

helps meet these needs.

4. Participants will identify the difference between Self-Esteem and Self-Concept and

the benefits of play therapy for both.

5. Participants will list the benefits of Directive and Nondirective Play Therapy

Techniques with disruptive behavior clients.

6. Participants will list several practical Play Therapy Techniques to utilize with

disruptive behavior clients.