Puppet Training for Therapists

$255.00

JOIN OUR ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES!

This series 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 puppeteeringc
  • 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!

  • Total

You receive:

  • 2 x 1.5 hr Online Sessions
  • Downloadable resources including emotions pictures, puppetry tips, social “scripts” and planning templates.
  • Some eyebrows… yes, eyebrows
  • A certificate for completion