About the Presenters

Norma Bonet, LCSW, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor has been working in social services for over 17 years. She has been supervising social work and mental health professionals since January 2000. Mrs. Bonet is a • Licensed Clinical Social Worker; • is recognized by the state of Florida as a Qualified Supervisor to both Social work and Mental Health; • a Registered Play Therapist –Supervisor; and • a Certified Infant Mental Health Train-The-Trainer. She has been involved in providing services to at-risk children and their families since 1991. She has provided intensive clinical on-site services to families and their children who are at risk for severe emotional disturbance, as well as clinical supervision for staff. She has also volunteered as a Guardian Ad Litem. Mrs. Bonet has been sharing her knowledge about social service, play therapy, infant mental heath and supervision through different workshop opportunities locally, state-wide and nationally. Currently, Mrs. Bonet has been working as the Manager for the Intensive Family Preservation Program with Family Central, Inc. in North Miami, FL since 2007. 

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Dr. Courtney is Director of Developmental Play & Attachment Therapies in                        Palm Beach Gardens, FL, is a Certified StoryPlay® Facilitator, and a TEDx Speaker. She  is an Adjunct Professor at the Barry University School of Social Work, Miami Shores, FL and is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S) with the Association for Play Therapy. She is the former President and Vice President of the Florida Association for Play Therapy (FAPT). Her therapeutic children’s story, The Magic Rainbow Hug was inspired by her years of clinical experience & research in Developmental Play Therapy parent-child attachment, and in her training in StoryPlay®—an Ericksonian based therapy. Her new process of Kinesthetic Storytelling™ merges these two distinct theories together. She is a contributing author for the chapter, Touching Autism through Developmental Play Therapy in the book, “Play-based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders,” and her research in Developmental Play Therapy is published in the American Journal of Art Therapy. Janet believes that children’s lives are profoundly enriched through contact with nature, caring touch and the power of metaphoric storytelling.

CEU INFORMATION:

 These pre-conference workshops are sponsored by the Florida Association for Play Therapy (FAPT).  Each pre-conference  workshop will provide 3 contact hours of continuing education credit, for which full attendance is required.  Late arrivals and/or early departures will preclude the awarding of any continuing education credit.  FAPT maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

APT Approved Provider #02-115.

FAPT is approved by the Florida Department of Health under FL Statute 491 to offer continuing education for Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors. Provider Number BAP-50-10520 expires 03/31/2015.

FAPT is approved by the Florida Department of Health under FL Statute 490 to offer continuing education for Psychologists.  Provider Number BAP-50-10520 expires 05/31/2014.