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InterPlay Leader Training Program

Teaching Practicum

Sheila K Collins,PhD

Pittsburgh, PA

Friday March 9, 2012 ~ 7-9:30 pm, Saturday March 10, 2012 ~ 9 am - 9 pm with lunch and dinner breaks, Sunday March 1st ~ 9 am-1 pm

The InterPlay Teaching Practicum is a core component of the InterPlay Leader Training Program (LTP) and is open to those who have enrolled in the LTP. To attend a Practicum, you must first enroll and set up a tuition payment plan for the LPT. The practicum is a multi-day workshop that includes practice teaching with self-evaluation and feedback from leaders and other participants, information on best practices in designing and leading InterPlay events, and teaching resources such as sample class outlines.

The Teaching Practicum tuition is included in the tuition for the Leader Training Program. An additional amount per person may be charged to cover space rental cost and any meals included. This will be a non-residential event. A limited number of home stay may be available for out-of-town participants.

The Practicum is also open to previously certified InterPlay leaders at a reduced tuition of $275 plus charge of space rental and any meals included.

Cost: The Teaching Practicum tuition is included in the tuition for the Leader Training Program. This will be a non-residential event.

Registration/Information: Sheila K. Collins 817 706-4967

Venue

First United Methodist Church Pittsburgh PA

5401 Center St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
on corner of Aiken, Baum and Center in Shadyside area of Pittsburgh Best door to enter is on Aiken side - press buzzer if locked - parking on church grounds or on street
Leaders
Sheila K Collins,PhD
Sheila K. Collins is the director of InterPlay Pittsburgh and the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, an InterPlay-based performance troupe she founded in 2006 to assist human service agencies and art organizations in accomplishing their noble purposes. A former professional dancer, Sheila has described herself as a “dancing social worker” for over 40 years, throughout her careers as a therapist, social work professor, and writer.

She is the author of Stillpoint: A Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy, which since its second edition, co-authored by Christine Gautreaux, has become a popular weekly online class, and Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals That Heal.

She’s been known to travel the country enlisting InterPlayers to help her Perform her Books, demonstrating how InterPlay tools help us get through life’s ordinary and extraordinary, “tough challenges”

Her latest book, The Art of Grieving: How Art and Artmaking Help Us Grieve, and Live Our Best Lives explores how the arts of storytelling, dance, music, and visual arts help mourners navigate episodes of grief, process loss, and extract meaning and wisdom for their future lives.

sheilakcollins@gmail.com 817 706-4967 120 Chapel Harbor Dr Pittsburgh Pa 15238

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