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Play Therapy Continuing Education Test for:

PLAY THERAPY WITH ADULTS

GENERAL INFORMATION Citation: Format: # Pages: # Credit Hours: % Pass: Test Fee: Edited by Charles E. Schaefer (2003: Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Book 392 10 (APA, NBCC, APT approved) 80% $100.00

Instructions: 1. BEFORE printing, FIRST type your Identification and Test responses in the spaces provided below. 2. Click on only one response for each question. If you click on more than one response or fail to respond to any question, the question will be scored as incorrect. 3. Finally print and mail this completed test form with processing fee payment for scoring to (or, if you have questions, contact): Stephanie Carter, E-Learning Center, Association for Play Therapy, 3198 Willow Avenue, Suite 110, Clovis, CA 93612 USA, (559) 294-2128 ext 3, scarter@a4pt.org LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Users will be able to: 1. Identify and describe various play therapy modalities that can be used with adults. 2. List reasons why various play therapy methods would be used with adults in conjunction with or as an alternative to traditional talk therapy. 3. Describe the training requirements needed to practice at least 2 modalities of play therapy. IDENTIFICATION Name: Degree: Credential(s): Email: Address: City: State: ZIP: Nation: Telephone: () Fax: () Fee Payment (USD only): If check, make payable to APT. If credit card: VISA MasterCard Account #: Expiration Dt: Amount: $ Authorization Signature: _____________________________________________ Attestation: I attest that I alone completed this test in accordance with the ethics of my profession. Signature: _______________________________________________Date: SCORE______# correct responses (this item is completed only by APT)

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TEST 1. The consequence of inappropriate expansion of a single role in a persons psyche is. a. Ambivalence b. Distress c. Euphoria d. Foreclosure 2. The first step in implementing the role method is: a. Integrating roles to create a functional role system b. Invoking the role c. Naming the role d. Social modeling 3. Drama therapy emerged as a distinct discipline in the 1980s. a. True b. False 4. Moreno used the term____________ to describe how expectations and attitudes are actuallymanifestations of alternative or unresolved feelings regarding life events. a. Imagination Training b. Psychological Anticipation c. Psychological Truth d. Sociometry 5. Psychodrama is best learned by observation and learning. a. True b. False 6. The technique commonly used in bereavement counseling to deal with feelings of unfinished business is: a. Empty Chair b. Reintegration c. Role reversal d. Soliloquy 7. Touching and holding are examples of exercises used to simulate closeness? a. True b. False 8. The imaginary area set off from reality in which to perform improvisation is: a. The playroom b. The playspace c. The therapists couch d. The therapists office 9. A key concept of development transformation used to examine interpersonal relationships is: a. Embodiment b. Existentialism c. Mutual Agreement d. Discrepant Communication 10. A limitation of developmental transformation therapy is its: a. Focus on specific life problems b. Need for a high degree of spontaneity c. Application only for long term therapy
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11. One reason to include humor in therapy is that it can produce behavioral, emotional, cognitive and physiological change. a. True b. False 12. According to the Interactive Model of Human Experience environmental stressors DO NOT act directly on which element of the human system: a. behaviors b. biochemistry c. emotions d. thoughts 13.Using a previously collected selection of cartoons and jokes with a client is considered what type of intervention? a. cognitive b. generic c. personalized d. therapeutic 14. An example of a scalar measure of humor is: a. Behavioral Humor Response Scale b. The Coping Humor Scale c. The Emotion Coping Questionnaire d. The Martin and Lefcourt Evaluation 15. Nezu, Nezu, and Blissett evaluated the interactions between humor and stress as a predictor of: a. Dementia b. Depression c. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder d. Schizophrenia 16. There are a large number of empirical studies supporting the effectiveness of humor as a therapeutic tool. a. True b. False 17. Humor should be used frequently in therapeutic practice. a. True b. False 18. Humor provides individuals the ability to address forbidden truths. a. True b. False 19. The term sandtray is used specifically to describe a single theoretical perspective. a. True b. False 20. Sandplay is most characteristic of what therapeutic tradition. a. Ericksonian b. Freudian c. Jungian d. Rogerian
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21. Even if the adult client is resistant to the use of sandplay, the therapist should still move forward with the technique. a. True b. False 22. If an individual portrays a scene in sandplay that could be indicative of an illness it is appropriate for the therapist to point this out and suggest a medical referral. a. True b. False 23. Which of the following symbols frequently appear in sandtray scenes of individuals nearing death? a. Bridges b. Cats c. Islands d. Swans 24. Play therapy with adults diagnosed with dementia should include practicing the clients previously learned skills. a. True b. False 25. The age of onset is not a consideration when designing effective play therapy interventions for individuals with dementia. a. True b. False 26. The term used to describe the technique used to help orient clients to place and time is: a. Anxiety Reduction b. Communication Enhancement c. Reality Orientation d. Time Encouragement 27. Doll therapy IS NOT an effective intervention for individuals with Dementia who appear withdrawn. a. True b. False 28. The term used to describe engaging in purposeful and/or productive activities in a playful manner is: a. embedded b. freestanding c. organizing d. resourceful 29. Another term for the proscriptive games and contests adults usually engage in is: a. adulterated play b. childhood play c. freeform play d. social result play 30. Group play therapy is effective for adults because adults are used to work related groups and such groups generally engage in problem solving. a. True b. False

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31. Which theorist suggested that exposure to games is central to the socialization of children? a. Erickson b. Freud c. Jung d. Piaget 32. There are only seven games recommended for use with adults in play therapy group settings. a. True b. False 33. When relatively rapid therapeutic results are required, hypno-therapy should be tertiary in the treatment plan. a. True b. False 34. Hypno play therapy is contraindicated for individuals diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. a. True b. False 35. Psychogenic Amnesia was the term formerly used to describe: a. Depersonalization Disorder b. Dissociative Amnesia c. Dissociative Fugue d. Dissociative Identity Disorder 36. A therapeutic technique in which the therapist selects one or two important themes from the clients story for retelling with an alternative ending is called: a. Drama therapy b. Hypno play therapy c. Mutual story telling d. Resolution therapy

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Non-Contact Continuing Education Evaluation Form

PLAY THERAPY WITH ADULTS

Thank you for participating in one or more of the e-learning programs offered to licensed or certified mental health professionals by the Association for Play Therapy (APT). When completing and returning this test with fee payment to APT, you are invited to also complete and return this evaluation form. Your comments intended to help us improve our programs are sincerely appreciated. Scale: On a scale between 1 (low) and 5 (high), please circle your response to each item below.

HIGH Content / Relevancy

a. b. c. d. e. Content was appropriate for intended audience This program is appropriate to my education, experience, and skill level Information could be applied to practice Information could contribute to achieving personal/professional goals This program enhanced my professional expertise 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4

Neutral
3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2

LOW
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Learning Objectives
a. b. Identify and describe various play therapy modalities that can be used with adults. List reasons why various play therapy methods would be used with adults in conjunction with or as an alternative to traditional talk therapy. 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1

c.

Describe the training requirements needed to practice at least 2 modalities of play therapy.

Overall Rating
a. b. c. This program met or exceeded my expectations I will refer this program to a professional colleague verb): 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1

What could APT do to make you more likely to refer this program to a professional colleague (limit 15 words starting with action

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Name: Email: Address: City: State: ZIP: Nation:

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