• 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.

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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.

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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.

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Learn with Me​

Explore CCD training at the SPT Training Center, offering both live and self-paced courses designed to help you apply the framework effectively in your documentation. Discover step-by-step instruction, practical tools, and downloadable resources to improve clarity, consistency, and workflow.

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Resources

Explore a growing collection of CCD-related resources designed to help you bring the framework to life in your documentation, including practical tools, templates, and free downloads to support your work.

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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.

"[CCD is] a very useful,
clear and comprehensive framework"
Cecily W., LMHC
Private Practice
"An exceptional process for documenting play that helps to relate to school and caregivers"
Rona S., MCP
School Counseling
"A coherent, user friendly and highly relevant way of documenting the work I do"
Carole W.
Child and Family Therapy
"[I learned] that documentation is my friend! The handouts and example lists were so helpful."
Melinda H., MSW
Social Work
"life changing"
Tarra T., LCSW, LMFT
Child and Family Therapy
"The left-right brain integrated way of case notes/progress/plans that remains true to the core beliefs of CCPT"
Belinda M., LICSW
Private CCPT Practice
"[I learned] how to better link CCPT growth objectives with medical model evidenced-based progress indicators/objectives and, importantly, how to describe these."
Melissa D., RPT
School Counseling
"This really helped me to conceptualize a useful way to organize notes for myself and for others so that I can track progress in an effective way."
Jennifer S., LMHC
Child Psychotherapy