Approaches & Methods Reading - Big Behaviors in Small Containers: 131 Trauma-Informed Play Therapy Interventions for Disorders of Dysregulation

Author/Editor: Paris Goodyear-Brown Pages: ~298 pages Reading Time: ~ 9 hours Paper Time: ~ 2 hours (~2 pages) Skill Level: Intermediate Category: Skills & Methods Total CE’s: 11 APT Non-Contact CE Hours Price: $110 The book is NOT included. 🧠 Course Description Big Behaviors in Small Containers: 131 Trauma-Informed Play Therapy Interventions for Disorders of Dysregulation by Paris Goodyear-Brown is a highly practical and clinically rich text designed for therapists working with children who struggle with emotional, behavioral, and sensory dysregulation. Goodyear-Brown brings together attachment theory, trauma neuroscience, play therapy, and child development to help clinicians understand why big behaviors emerge and how to strategically respond through attuned, embodied, and playful interventions. This book offers a wide range of trauma-informed play therapy tools, each designed to support children with intense emotional swings, reactivity, shutdowns, hyperarousal, and dysregulated communication patterns. Goodyear-Brown integrates expressive arts, somatic techniques, structured play, sensory-based supports, and attachment-building activities that help children develop emotional literacy, frustration tolerance, co-regulation, and self-regulation skills. At the heart of this work is the belief that big behaviors are not signs of defiance or pathology; they are expressions of unmet needs, dysregulated nervous systems, developmental gaps, and trauma imprints. Throughout the text, clinicians learn to view behaviors through a neurobiological and relational lens that emphasizes safety, attunement, structure, and connection. ***All APT Non-Contact CE Self-Paced Book Studies must be completed within 60 days of registration to receive a certificate.