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Mark Your Calendar!

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

Dec. 31, 2010
Journal articles 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

September Mining Report.  You just received your September issue of Play Therapy magazine and will next recieve the October issue of the International Journal of Play Therapy. In the meantime, enjoy Cultural Diversity and Play Therapy by Rebeca Chow, LCPC, RPT-S, Olathe, KS, your monthly mining report for September!

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Louisville Conference

Win "Taste of Louisville"!  If you are a paid 2010 Conference registrant with Galt House Hotel reservations by Sep. 15, your name will be entered to win a Taste of Louisville drawing prize valued at $1,032.  Prize includes passes to local area attractions, $150 Child Therapy toys gift card, new play therapy books, APT logo fleece jacket, and 2011 APT Conference gift card worth $500.  Be sure to register online by Sep. 15 - and avoid the fee increase thereafter!

Spotlight

Congratulations new RPT-S!Heloisa Portela, PhD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S, Raleigh, NC

Publications

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Rebeca Chow

Mining Report.  Learn a playful strategy to help clients look at themselves within a larger cultural context by scanning the September mining report, Cultural Diversity and Play Therapy by Rebeca Chow, LCPC, RPT-S, Olathe, KS, according to Clinical Editor Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S.           PS: Also watch for the phrase "Enhance multicultural competency" in APT-approved play therapy programs!

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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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