Abstract
Few community organizations exist for serving the mental health and wellness needs of Asian Americans. One such organization, the Transcultural Wellness Center (TWC), located in Sacramento, California, provides a breadth of services to Asian and Pacific Islander populations and their communities, but lacks programming that focuses on young children. The purpose of this project was to construct an in-service training on developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive play therapy with Asian American children. A two-hour pilot training was conducted at the TWC on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. In attendance were 20 persons, including four supervisors, nine clinicians and five counselor specialists. Feedback from a TWC evaluation tool and a constructed questionnaire indicated that the participants felt the training was helpful and would like to continue learning about play therapy with the Asian and Pacific Islander population.