Graves Earns Play Therapy Credential
(Fallbrook, CA)
Play Therapy Helps
(Malaysia)
A Place to Play, Learn
(Glenn Falls, NY)
Dolphin-assisted therapy offers hope to disabled children, parents
(San Luis Obispo,CA)
Jul. 15, 2009
Conference Volunteer applications due
Aug. 31, 2009
Leadership Academy Class enrollments due
Sep. 4, 2009
Conference registration/workshop fees increase
Sep. 24, 2009
Onsite Conference registrations only
Sep. 30, 2009
Play Therapy articles, reviews & ads due
Sep. 30, 2009
Journal articles due
Oct. 31, 2009
Conference surveys due
Nov. 30, 2009
2010 Conference proposals due
Nov. 30, 2009
Last day to download 2009 Conference photos!
Dec. 31, 2009
Play Therapy magazine articles, reviews, news & ads due
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!
2009 Gold Branch Awards. Congratulations to the Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Arizona and Southern Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia branches and their boards of directors and members for their extraordinary performances between April 2008 and March 2009. APT will acknowledge them during our 2009 Conference.
2009 Conference Lodging. Because nearly 30% of our 2009 Conference room block has already been reserved, be sure to book your room today. To control costs, find a roommate!
July Mining Report. For a digest of parent/caretaker models employing filial therapy, play therapy, or play interventions for mental health work with children, scan our July mining report entitled "Involving Caregivers as Therapeutic Agents in Their Children's Therapy: Empirically Supported Play Therapy Models" by Sue Bratton (TX), Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S and Kara Holt (TX), LPC, NCC, RPT-S.
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 online APA portal.

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.