The Clinic as the Classroom: Blending Educational and Clinical Preparation in Play Therapy

Play Therapy Skills Checklist

The Center for Play Therapy created the PTSC, which is intended to be used as a clinical form to facilitate skills and ways of being for students learning play therapy (see Appendix 1). Initially created by the Center for Play Therapy for use during both beginning and advanced play therapy trainings, the PTSC has undergone several revisions during the many years of its’ use. The PTSC closely follows the play therapy skills outlined by Landreth (2012) and Ray (2011) in their foundational play therapy books. Additionally, the PTSC has been included as a component of supervision for play therapists in research studies in order to ensure the play therapists follow child-centered play therapy (CCPT) protocol (Ray, Purswell, Haas, & Aldrete, 2017). The PTSC is used developmentally across the clinical play therapy curriculum and in play therapy clinics. While basic descriptions of the PTSC and its’ components are included below, readers are encouraged to reference Ray (2004) and Ray and colleagues (2017) for more information regarding the PTSC and its’ use in research and supervision.