Don’t Let The Dust Settle!
Don’t let the dust settle on all you learned!
Stay fresh by sharing what you learned at the recent Liana Lowenstein workshop. Liana presented so many great techniques – tell us your favorite.
Even if you were not able to attend feel free to share with us.
My favorite was the Family Gift assessment/technique. As Liana related, this and other techniques can be used with other therapeutic issues. I think this technique will also help strengthen families in general and could be used with “work families” in developing work relations. The directive was for the family to create a gift for your family using art supplies. It must be a gift everyone wants. It can only be one gift and you must all agree what the gift should be and how it might be used in your family.
What was your favorite technique she presented?
Let us know by simply replying to this blog entry.
Don’t forget to play today,
Kim Brindley, AAPT President
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I particularly enjoyed the Get To Know You Potato Chip game. It’s amazing what kids will tell you early on when Pringles are involved. I have also used this with pretzels as a healthier option. However, I would suggest the big twisty ones because children really like those. It breaks the ice well and rapport is established easily. Its so different than what kids expect in their first therapy session or within the first few weeks. If you haven’t tried it you will be amazed at how well it works.
I recently used The Balloon Bounce with a four year old and his family. I changed it up a little with questions that I felt would facilitate communication about his particular issues. It was very successful and fun for the family. We all laughed a lot but also talked about some very serious things.