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providing competent and effective play therapy to child clients, conducting intake and feedback
meetings with parents and caregivers, performing relevant assessment tasks, preparing written
reports on therapy sessions, interviews and meetings, and evaluating their practice. Further,
students will have an opportunity to present a case they have worked with to classmates and
supervisor(s), including video material from the case. Students will have ample opportunities
to consolidate their therapeutic and conceptualization skills and to become more familiar and
competent with professional challenges in their work. Students will participate in regular
supervision where they will discuss progress on their cases and their professional development
as well as seek guidance and feedback from supervisors.

MPT 513 Play Therapy Practicum III
1 Term; 3 Credits
This module may run either concurrently with, or consecutively following, MPT512 Play
Therapy Practicum II. This module provides students with the opportunity to work in a real
clinical environment under close supervision. Students are required to practise as trainee play
therapists at one of the approved agencies who have an agreement with the university. During
the practicum, students will need to perform a range of tasks expected from a professional play
therapist, including providing competent and effective play therapy to child clients, conducting
intake and feedback meetings with parents and caregivers, performing relevant assessment
tasks, preparing written reports on therapy sessions, interviews and meetings, and evaluating
their practice. Further, students will prepare a detailed reflection on their personal and
professional development as a play therapist, that combines their personal growth such as
through their personal psychotherapy as well as their growth of their professional identity
across their practicum experience. Students will also develop areas for future self-development
and growth. Students will have ample opportunities to consolidate their therapeutic and
conceptualization skills and to become more familiar and competent with professional
challenges in their work. Students will participate in regular supervision where they will discuss
progress on their cases and their professional development as well as seek guidance and
feedback from supervisors.

MPT 514 Research on Evidence-Based Practice Project I
1 Term; 3 Credits
Students will plan, conduct and write up an independent evidence-based practice (EBP)
project. Although research informed, the project does not necessarily aim to put into practice
all the elements of psychological research. Instead, emphasis is on an in-depth appraisal of
evidence, application and the analysis and adjustment of a play therapy clinical practice. The
evidence-based practice project is a creative endeavour that produces and reports new
knowledge or professional methods. Project will have both theoretical/academic and applied
components. Students will conduct the planning of the project in this course, and continue with
the plan application and report writing in the course MPT515 Research on Evidence-Based
Practice Project II.
The course is also designed to synergize with the course MPT508 Research Methods in

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