Playful Processing:
Play-Based Behavioral Interventions for Young Children
Home Study Course
Pre-Order Now! Available for view September 30, 2026
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$35.00
2 CE's - APA; NBCC; ANCC (NEW for Nurses); PA SW/LPC/MFT; ACT 48 & PQAS
Course Objectives
Gain confidence working with young children! Discover practical, play-based interventions you can use immediately. Learn tools from child-centered play therapy, directive play therapy, CBT for young children, and adventure therapy while learning how to partner effectively with caregivers.
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Learn Core Principles and Gain Therapeutic Techniques based upon child-centered play therapy, directive play therapy, CBT for young children, and adventure therapy.
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Become Equipped with Developmentally Appropriate Play-Based Interventions that support emotional expression, self-regulation, and coping in children ages 3–8.
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Apply Practical Strategies to Address Common Challenges clinicians encounter when engaging young children in therapy.
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Identify Ethical Approaches for partnering with parents and caregivers throughout the therapeutic process.
About the Presenter
Megan Berkowitz, MSW, LICSW, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Education Specialist 1 School Social Worker K-12
Megan Berkowitz, MSW, LICSW, LCSW is the Director of Social-Emotional Learning and Behavioral Health at AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation. She has extensive experience leading mental health, social-emotional learning, and positive behavioral support programming and content development in early childhood and elementary school settings.
Ms. Berkowitz earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Certificate in Leadership in Social-Emotional Learning and Character Development from Rutgers University, as well as a Certificate in Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation.
She has served as an advisor to the District of Columbia's Social-Emotional Learning Standards Working Group, as an appointed member of the National Association of Social Workers' School Social Work Specialty Practice Committee, and in the federal policy arena with the Children's Defense Fund.
Intended for Psychologists, Behavioral Health Clinicians, School-Based Practitioners, Early Childhood Educators, Graduate Students and other who work with young children.