A LIVE WEBINAR!
Play Therapy With 0-5:
Centering Caregiver Engagement Through an Anti-Oppressive Lens
October 30, 2025
11:00am – 1:15pm EASTERN
10:00am – 12:15 CENTRAL
9:00am – 11:15am MOUNTAIN
8:00AM – 10:15AM PACIFIC
Via Secure Zoom Webinar Platform, Broadcast Live from Ormond Beach, Florida
2 LIVE WEBINAR CE hours with NBCC CE credits.
Mindfulness-based Therapy Training Institute, LLC A subsidiary of Wonders Counseling Services, LLC
2 Non-Contact APT CE hour credits. APT Approved Provider 12-321
Mindfulness-based Therapy Training Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7421. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified Mindfulness-based Therapy Training Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Presented by Dr. Meyleen Velasquez, DSW, LCSW, LICSW, PMH-C, RPT-S®, iIMH-E® (presenter bio here)
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for graduate-level pre-licensed and licensed mental health professionals for continuing education purposes.
Description:
Early play therapy with children ages 0–5 requires a uniquely attuned, developmentally informed, and relationship-based approach. In this 2-hour training, participants will explore how anti-oppressive and mindfulness-based reflective principles can guide early-phase play therapy to support both the child and the caregiving system. Emphasizing the co-regulatory power of play, this session highlights the therapist’s role in engaging caregivers not just as collateral informants but as essential partners in the healing journey. We will discuss how to invite caregiver participation into the play while mindfully attending to caregiver stress, cultural context, and readiness. Practical examples of dyadic and individual playful interventions will be offered to support caregiver-child connection, emotional regulation, and therapeutic alliance in the earliest phases of treatment.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe at least two key components of an anti-oppressive, relationship-based play therapy approach for children ages 0–5.
- Identify ways to meaningfully engage caregivers in early-phase play therapy, including through dyadic and parallel interventions.
- Apply at least two playful mindfulness strategies that support caregiver-child co-regulation or strengthen the therapeutic alliance.
- Describe the therapist’s role in centering caregiver well-being and cultural context as part of early engagement.
The presentation will be recorded and available as an on-demand webinar after it is live. If you are unable to attend live, you will receive access to the recorded version within thirty (30) days after the webinar is presented live.
Program Schedule (EASTERN TIME ZONE – please use this app to convert to YOUR time zone)
You will need to plan to log on BEFORE the start time to ensure you are present for the entire live webinar presentation, please. Thanks!
11:00- 1:00 – Content Presentation
1:00 – 1:15 Q and A and Administration of Evaluations and Post-test
Access to Course and Materials:
Course registrants will receive an email by or before 7pm EASTERN time zone the day prior to the live webinar with a Zoom Access link and handout access for download.
Please mark your calendar to check your email from lynn@wonderscollective.org for course access the evening prior to the live webinar.
IMPORTANT re: Evaluations, Post-test, and Certificates:
- Registrants must submit evaluation and complete post-test that is administered at 1:00 EASTERN upon webinar presentation Participants must complete and submit both evaluation and post-test with an 70% passing grade by 5 pm EASTERN of the date of this live webinar concluding to receive CEs and certificate of completion. PLEASE set aside time between the webinar’s presentation conclusion at 1:00 and 1:15 EASTERN to complete and submit your evaluation and quiz.
- Registrants will be provided a link in the CHAT box on Zoom at the conclusion of the webinar for the evaluation and post-test to be completed.
- Certificates of completion will be sent out to all who complete evaluations and post-test requirements per above guidelines by or before 2 days after the live webinar date.
Fee: $49 $29
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION AND CANCEL/REFUND POLICY:
- Everyone who registers for the live webinar will ALSO receive the recorded version.
- There are no refunds due to the nature of this training. If you cannot attend, you will have access to take the training as a non-contact, recorded course within 30 days after the conclusion of the live webinar.
Financial and Conflict Declaration: The presenter is compensated for this live webinar and the content created and presented may be recorded and later available for purchase from which the presenter will receive financial gains. The presenter has no conflict of interest.
Privacy of Participants: The privacy of all participants assuredly will be maintained from registration through receipt of certificate of completion. Though participants will be required to be on camera to receive credit for live webinar, the recording will not include view of participants’ names or faces.
Policy for Complaints: If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the quality of this course or any other issue related to this training institute, please email us at lynn@wonderscollective.org and we will respond within 24 business hours.
Accessibility Accommodations:
Wonders Counseling Services, LLC and Mindfulness-based Therapy Training Institute, LLC understand there are many different ways people need to access learning information and materials and our companies are committed to providing ADA compliant content to the public for physical, visual, and auditory disabilities. To request an accommodation, please email lynn@wonderscollective.org at least 2 days prior to the live webinar date and we will work to fulfill your request promptly.
Non-discrimination Policy: Wonders Counseling Services, LLC and Mindfulness-based Therapy Training Institute do not discriminate against any individual or group with respect to any service, program or activity on the basis of gender, race, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, organizational membership, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Recorded version will be available soon.