Networking
- FREE access to our Community Listserves and Community Forums to network and conduct the business of play therapy with colleagues.
Publications
- FREE subscription to biweekly Member Flash to learn about important play therapy and APT news.
- FREE subscription to monthly Mining Reports featuring brief multi-disciplinary literature reviews that identify emerging trends, best practices, or the most current wisdom on specific topics.
- FREE subscription to quarterly Play TherapyTM featuring news, clinical articles, editorials, a leadership directory, advertisements, and other play therapy and APT information.
- FREE subscription to the peer-reviewed quarterly International Journal of Play Therapy® featuring original play therapy research, case studies, theoretical applications, and current practices.
- FREE and exclusive access to the Members Only section of the APT website featuring Community Listserves, Community Forums, archived Mining Reports and Play Therapy magazine articles, self-populating online member and RPT/S credentialing renewal forms, and a private Find A Member Directory.
Discounts
- REDUCED FEE to register for the Annual Conference at which attendees network with and recognize the achievements of their colleagues and earn play therapy continuing education credit for licensure and play therapy credentialing purposes.
- REDUCED FEE to apply for or renewal the Registered Play Therapist (RPT) and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor credentials which help consumers identify those licensed or certified mental health professionals with specialized play therapy training and supervision.
- REDUCED PRICE for purchase of most books, videos, and other products at the APT Bookstore.
- REDUCED PRICE for rental cars at Hertz, (800) 654-2210. Use code CDP 1774872 to identify yourself as an APT member.
FREE QuickQuote to explore the cost-effective professional insurance options offered by the Health Provider Services Organization (HPSO).
Directories
Recognition
- RECOGNITION as an Approved Center2 (AC) of Play Therapy Education and a FREE listing in the online Find University Play Therapy Directory for offering graduate play therapy instruction, supervised clinical experience, supervisor training, and other resource.
- RECOGNITION as an Approved Provider3 (AP) of Play Therapy Continuing Education and a FREE listing in the online Find Approved Providers Directory and FREE listings of play therapy programs in the online Find Play Therapy & Supervisor Training Directory for providing APT-approved play therapy and supervisor continuing education within and outside of the United States.
- RECOGNITION as a Leadership Academy graduate who is knowledgeable about leadership, APT, and the Policy Governance© Model.
- RECOGNITION as a Key Awards recipient. Specific awards are the APT Service, Director Emeritus, Lifetime Achievement, Professional Education & Training, Public Education & Promotion, Research, and Student Research Awards.
- RECOGNITION as a Gold Branch Awards recipient for performance beyond the minimal criteria in branch charter agreements.
- RECOGNITION as an author of Mining Reports and articles for Play Therapy magazine and the International Journal of Play Therapy.
Footnotes
1APT offers the designation of Registered Play Therapist (RPT) and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S) credentials to individuals who have provided APT with documentation that they have: (a) a mental health graduate or higher degree; (b) been licensed or certified by a state authority; (c) completed a minimum number of play therapy training and supervision clock hours; and (d) completed the requisite continuing education hours. The credentials do not certify, imply or affirm the knowledge or competency of such individual but only confirms that the education and training requirements identified herein have been satisfied.
2APT fosters and identifies Approved Centers (AC) of Play Therapy Education by university mental health departments to generate more graduate play therapy instruction, research and publication, supervision, and clinical experiences. Approved Centers have provided APT with documentation satisfactory to APT that the university will be offering instruction and other learning experiences that advance the field of play therapy, generate more play therapy faculty, and assist earning the Registered Play Therapists (RPT) and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S) credentials. The APT approval status of any AC does not certify, imply or affirm the knowledge of any institution or AC but only confirms that APT education provider criteria have been satisfied.
3APT offers approved continuing education provider status to agencies and individuals who have provided APT with documentation satisfactory to the APT Registration and Continuing Education Committee that the agency or individual will be providing program(s) that meet APT requirements for continuing education of Registered Play Therapists and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisors. The APT approval status of any continuing education provider does not certify, imply or affirm the knowledge of any agency, individual or presenter of a program but only confirms that APT continuing education provider requirements have been satisfied.
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