Play Therapy Canada

Consultancy Services

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A range of management consultancy services to support other professionals and organisations who work with children are available from Play Therapy Canada (PTC).  These include:

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Training & Education

A complete range of in-house training and education programmes are available from PTCaccredited organisations.

These include:

• Half day introductory seminars

• 1, 2 and 3 day workshops - Introductions to Therapeutic Play

• A series of 2 and 3 day modular programmes leading to a Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills

• A series of 2 and 3 day modular programmes leading to a Diploma in Therapeutic Play Skills

Normally a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 16 participants is required.  Costs range from CDN$ xxxx per person per day depending upon numbers, location and content.

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Management Consultancy Services

If you are responsible for strategic decisions in children's emotional, behaviour or mental health areas PTC offers a range of management consultancy services:

• Situation appraisals of existing services to identify strengths and weaknesses

• Evaluation of alternative service delivery models to optimise the quality of care with the use of human and financial resources

• Integration of childrens psychology based services with others (eg educational objectives, physical health services, family services etc)

• Identifying and dealing with priorities

• Development of strategic and operational plans

• Plans to handle social exclusion and unauthorised absences problems

• Preparation of financial plans and budgets

• Quality management and clinical governance

PTC uses consultants who have international experience of advising local and national government departments upon the use of play therapy.

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Human resource planning of psychology based services for children using Play Therapy International's  Profession Structure Model (PSM), incorporating a competency framework:

• Establishment planning

• Preparation of job descriptions*

• Recruitment & selection services

• Remuneration policy

• Performance appraisal

• Identification of training needs

• Learning management

• Planning and provision of special training events

* Ask for our check list to help you to prepare a job description for a Play Therapist or for a post involving the use of therapeutic play. 

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PTC's consultants have considerable experience of:

• Assessing service needs

• Evaluating alternative service delivery models

• Setting up and establishing a service

• Setting up and establishing a play/creative arts therapy centre

• Identifying and monitoring performance standards

• Identifying the needs and specifying the systems requirements for childrens services including systems audit

• Selection and/or provision of software for the administration and clinical governance of therapy services

• Secure clinical data entry services

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