(HS Lowenstein 150713 2026) Creative Play Therapy for ADHD: Turning Challenges into Strengths

Course overview

Children with ADHD are often energetic, creative, and full of potential ---but in the play therapy room, their distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity can challenge even the most experienced clinicians. In this highly engaging session, internationally renowned play therapist and author Liana Lowenstein shares a toolkit of directive play therapy interventions specifically designed for children ages 4-12 with ADHD. These structured, goal-oriented play therapy activities are tailored to help children strengthen attention, increase impulse control, improve self-regulation, and channel their energy in constructive ways. You'll learn how to use targeted play-based strategies to transform restlessness into mastery, distraction into focus, and impulsivity into insight. Whether you're working in a clinical setting, school-based environment, or home, you'll gain access to play therapy techniques that are easy to implement and highly effective. This session also includes practical tools for parents and teachers to reduce power struggles, foster cooperation, and support children's success across multiple environments. Don't miss this unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of play therapy and discover creative, evidence-informed approaches to help children with ADHD become more motivated, focused, organized, and able to perform closer to their true potential --- all through the transformative power of play.