Creating Therapeutic Connections with the Game Loteria

Description:

In partnership with East Bay Agency for Children we are offering Creating Therapeutic Connections with the Game Loteria; a Culturally Responsive Play Therapy. This workshop will address how a traditional cultural game, Lotería, can be used in play with the Mexican-American/Latinx population as well as at-risk youth, youth and families in the welfare/probation system, and clients of all cultural backgrounds. This workshop will not only discuss the relevance/significance of the game within the Mexican community but will also demonstrate various interventions to be used during play with individuals and their families. This workshop will cover the helpfulness of including this game in the play office as well as how this game and its interventions can be used with low to no cost items. This workshop is relevant to working with youth and families involved in the welfare/probation system as the game includes imagery and themes relevant to this population. In addition, this training covers how the game can be adapted in ways that allow this population to express common themes and background information

To be eligible for this training:

Participant must be staff, caregiver or volunteer working directly with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras only. ALL participants unless a caregiver/resource family must register with a work email address that can be verified; unless the participant is a caregiver. Participants outside of these areas aren't eligible.

Host or Publisher Lincoln