- CHILD-CENTERED DOCUMENTATION
Bridging the language of managed care with the heart of CCPT.
Child-Centered Documentation (CCD) is a clear and compassionate framework that honors the child and speaks to systems.


Play Therapy Documentation Essentials
Play Therapy Documentation Essentials takes the CCD framework and walks you step-by-step through applying it in child-centered play therapy—complete with templates, examples, and language you can use right away. This spiral-bound practical guide is designed for easy reference and is filled with stories, visuals, and tools that bring the framework to life in everyday practice.
Benefits of Implementing Child-Centered Documentation

Boost confidence as a therapist
Helps you clearly understand and articulate the progress you observe in Child-Centered Play Therapy sessions.

Strengthen relationship with caregivers
Gives you simple, consistent language for sharing progress in a way caregivers can understand and appreciate.

Create meaningful clinical documents
Provides practical templates to develop treatment plans and progress notes that meet requirements while honoring the child.
Meet the Author

I’m Rosie Newman, a child and family therapist who created the Child-Centered Documentation framework from my years of practicing child-centered play therapy. I wanted a way to capture the deep, internal growth I saw in the playroom—while still meeting the paperwork demands of systems.
Over time, that idea grew into a simple approach: internal growth leads to external change, and a treatment plan can reflect both. I’ve shared it with supervisees, in trainings, and now in my book, Play Therapy Documentation Essentials.
Learn with Me
I offer the live CCD training series once each summer and am currently developing a self-paced online course so you can learn anytime, at your own pace. This course will guide you step-by-step through the framework, with practical examples, templates, and demonstrations you can apply right away.
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What People Are Saying
Here’s what therapists and readers have shared about using CCD and the Play Therapy Documentation Essentials book.
clear and comprehensive framework"
Resources
A growing collection of blogs, reflections, and practical tools to help you bring the CCD framework to life in your documentation. Many posts include free downloads you can use right away!