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Mark Your Calendar!

Aug. 31, 2010
Leadership Academy Class enrollments due

Sep. 15, 2010
Conference registration/workshop fees increase

Sep. 16, 2010
Onsite Conference registrations only

Sep. 30, 2010
Mining Report manuscripts due

Sep. 30, 2010
Play Therapy articles, reviews & ads due

Sep. 30, 2010
Journal articles due

Nov. 3, 2010
Conference surveys due

Nov. 30, 2010
Conference proposals due

Nov. 30, 2010
Last day to download 2009 Conference photos!

Dec. 31, 2010
Play Therapy magazine articles, reviews, news & ads due

Welcome to the Association for Play Therapy!

Join APT to advance play therapy, the means by which licensed mental health professionals use developmentally appropriate play therapy theories and techniques to better communicate with and help clients, particularly children!

News Headlines

2011 Class Wanted!  Consult the online Leadership Academy syllabus and enroll in the 2011 Class by Aug. 31. Chair Tara Moser and the Leadership Committee invite you "behind the scenes" to learn about APT, the Policy Governance© Model, leadership attributes, and how member can more effectively participate in APT governance and programs. Today more than 150 members have completed this orientation and now serve in various APT and Branch leadership roles!

Get Ready to Raffle!  Back by popular demand, President Tami Langen (OH) and the Foundation Board of Directors will again stage a raffle during the 2010 Conference reception to generate charitable tax-exempt contributions for play therapy public education and research. Attendees will again bid for "theme boxes" contributed by more than 20 branches and valued at more than $100 each while wearing Derby hats!

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2010 Conference.  Avoid fee increases, register online by Sep. 15 for our Oct. 12-17 Conference at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, KY. For more information regarding the curriculum, tours, airport shuttle transportation, hotel reservations, and exhibits, click on Annual Conference!

Spotlight

Congratulations new RPT!Jennifer Celli, LPC, RPT, Lawrenceville, NJ

Publications

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Mining Report. Scan our July mining report, Self-Care for Play Therapists, by Terry Kottman, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S, Cedar Falls, IA, to learn helpful ways to assess your current functioning and mitigate vicarious traumatization, compassion fatigue and burnout, according to Clinical Editor Paris Goodyear-Brown (TN), LCSW, RPT-S.

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International Journal of Play Therapy®.  Quarterly issues each January, April, July, and October with articles featuring play therapy research, case studies, theoretical applications, and current practices.  Complete and return the online test to earn continuing education credit. Editor Michael LeBlanc (NY) invites you to consult Instructions to Journal Authors and then submit manuscripts via the APA portal.

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Play Therapy Magazine. Quarterly issues each March, June, September, and December with clinical and professional articles, organizational news, and advertising. Clinical Editor Jodi Mullen (NY) invites you to consult Instructions to Play Therapy Magazine Authors and then transmit articles as DOC attachments to Stephanie Carter.

APT Annual Conference
In the Bookstore
School-Based Play Therapy Second Edition
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