Play Therapy Documentation

Stop stressing about your documentation.

You want your notes and documentation to be accurate, but you also don’t want to spend your precious hours typing away at the computer trying to fit in what happened with the kitchen, dinosaurs, the barn, and the sand - all in one session.

Before you know it you have a transcript of the session sitting in your DAP form.

In a documentation world that can feel like goldilocks with too much or not enough, you want to get the "just right” of play therapy documentation.

You just want to know exactly what to say and how to say it.

Because truth? Documentation shouldn't be this hard.

And, it's not your fault. Most graduate schools don’t teach what diagnostic assessments, goal setting, and progress notes look like in the real world. What insurance companies and state laws and statutes actually require. AND they definitely didn’t teach you what it means to translate the world of play therapy into a neatly wrapped note.

If this sounds like you - it's time to get off the struggle bus.

You need the tools to make documentation a breeze.

You need the specific templates, cheat sheets, and guides to help you understand exactly what needs to be in your documentation for play therapy sessions - from the assessment, to treatment planning, and progress notes!

So, what if documentation was the easiest part of your day?

Seriously. You work so hard to manage navigating tantrums, play themes, new interventions, and being arrested for the 237th time. Putting all of that into words should be a piece of cake (wooden of course, from your playroom kitchen.)

What would your practice look like if you ...

Had the confidence to stop second guessing your documentation
Knew the exact questions to ask to write a comprehensive diagnostic assessment
Weren't left scrambling to fill in the gaps after you forgot to ask about
Had a toolkit of templates to make goal setting easy
Knew exactly what needs to be in your play therapy notes
Had the exact phrases and words for your notes at your fingertips

If you have ever struggled translating the world of play therapy into documentation you need to check out this course - Documentation Training: The Golden Thread of Diagnostic Assessments, Treatment Planning, and Progress Notes In Play Therapy! This course lays out all the templates, cheat sheets, and step-by-step examples from start to finish for your play therapy documentation!

This is the stuff they don't teach you in gradate school...

But everyone expects you to know once you start seeing clients. Cut out the mystery and stress and get clear on your play therapy documentation!

By the end of this training you'll master:

Writing easy and quick play therapy progress notes
Asking all of the right questions for a comprehensive diagnostic assessment
Writing clear and measurable goals
Knowing exactly what needs to be in your documentation and why

You also won’t walk away empty handed. Inside the course you get multiple handouts, templates, cheat sheets, and downloads including:

Child Centered Play Therapy Progress Note Cheat Sheet
- This cheat sheet gives you the all the statements for your Child Centered Play Therapy sessions complete with a themes list and tons of examples!
General Play Therapy Progress Note Cheat Sheet
- Go further with this cheat sheet with examples and template sentences for how to document multiple play therapy theories!
12 Essentials You Need In Your Treatment Plan
- Make sure you have all the essential areas covered in your treatment plans with this checklist!
Therapy Goal Setting Template
- Get the exact breakdown, formulas, and wording for treatment plan goals related to play therapy including tons of examples!
Diagnostic Assessment Template + Case Examples
- This 20 page guide is my exact template and in depth instructions for how to write diagnostic assessments complete with an interactive case example!
Diagnostic Summary
- Grab my one page Diagnostic Summary template to help with minimum medical necessity when coordinating with third parties!

Want to learn more? Check out the details below!

CE Information:
This course is approved for 3 APT Non-Contact hours by Meehan Mental Health Services (APT Approved Provider 19-580).

Learning Objectives:

Identify the 23 areas to assess for a comprehensive diagnostic assessment with play therapy clients.
Demonstrate the ability to write quantifiable goals appropriate for play therapy clients.
List the essential components needed in play therapy progress notes.

Course Format: Train when it works for you! This course is a pre-recorded online self paced course where the modules are broken up into smaller digestible chunks that can be completed during a client cancellation, on the weekends, early in the morning, late at night - whenever! You can login at your own pace, re-watch content, and have unlimited access to the course. This course is designated "Non-Contact" by the Association for Play Therapy.

Who should attend: This program is a beginning to intermediate course for any Play Therapist who wants to increase confidence in their documentation and note writing practice for Play Therapy!

Cost: $89.00

Course Presenter

Hi! I'm Ann - or formally Ann Meehan, MS, LPCC, RPT-S, EMDRIA Consultant. I work as a private practice therapist in the north woods of Minnesota and specialize in working with young people ages 3 and up using Play Therapy and EMDR. I have a library of trainings and run The Playful Therapist Blog. Overall I am passionate about helping other therapists grow into competent and confident Play Therapists, trauma therapists, and child and adolescent therapists.

Please email [email protected] with questions or concerns.

Play Therapy Credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. There are no refunds for this recorded course.
See Meehan Mental Health Services full policies and procedures for online and in person trainings here.