A new 10 week-long C-P-R group for signing families will be starting in January, 2008. Groups will be held on Wednesday 4:30 - 6:30, near the Gallaudet University campus. Group leaders will be Alexis Greeves, LPC and Linda Lytle, PhD. Please contact Alexis at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you are interested in learning more about this group or future groups.

When children have problems, sometimes they don’t have the words to talk about them. Play gives children a way to communicate feelings they don’t understand or can’t express any other way. Play therapy has been shown to be an effective intervention with children for a variety of behavioral and emotional difficulties. Research has shown that motivated parents can be trained to be as effective as play therapists using play therapy skills with their own children, with as little as 20 hours of Child-Parent-Relationship (C-P-R) Training.

Research studies have shown that C-P-R Training can:

Reduce or eliminate behavior problems

Enhance the parent-child relationship and the marital relationship

Develop responsibility and self-control in children

Increase children’s self-esteem and self-confidence

Increase the parents’ feelings of warmth for their children

C-P-R Training is conducted in 10 weekly, 2-hour sessions. The atmosphere is friendly and accepting and the training interactive, making it enjoyable and interesting.