$255.00
JOIN OUR ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES!
This series is for therapists (speech pathologists, occupational therapists, psychologists and play therapists).
It covers using a puppet to support a range of intervention goals with a focus on social and emotional learning.
Over two online sessions you will:
- Gain confidence using your puppet in both one-on-one and group sessions
- Learn to engage with children and to settle them using a puppet so they are ready to learn
- Learn what NOT to do when using a puppet
- Understand how to use a “calming puppet”
- Learn about creating a puppet profile that will suit your learning goals
- Learn how to promote emotional awareness, social understanding, emotional regulation, emotional
empathy and cognitive empathy using a puppet character
- Learn about early years vs upper primary sessions- from puppets to puppeteering
- Plan a sample emotions-focus session using your puppet
- Learn about research supporting the use of puppetry as an effective intervention technique
The Presenter:
Lucia Smith, Speech Pathologist (from Puppets for Learning and Pelican Talk) has used puppetry in her speech pathology work with children for over thirty years. She knows firsthand how well a puppet can work in sessions – opening doors to connection, to calm, and ultimately, to learning.
Just one of her favourite strategies is: “Teach the puppet and not the child! ”
It really works!
