NEWS SEPT 15 APT Annual


Conference Early Registration Deadline


OCT 10-15


APT Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN


Calendar of Events SEPT 15-18


OCT 3


APT to exhibit at American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago IL


DEC 15


Leadership Academy Enrollment Deadline for 2018 Class


Annual Conference Online Registration Closes


Scott Riviere JAN 25, 2018


Annual Conference Program Proposals Due


Pam Dyson


Leadership Changes Board of Directors


 


Launched in mid-July, the E-Learning Center has all the same features you know and love


with a brand new look and easy-to-navigate interface. Earn APA and NBCC approved non-contact continuing education credit from an array of play therapy sources, including APT’s Annual Conference Workshops, Play Therapy Books, Audio Programs, and the International Journal of Play Therapy ®, all from the comfort of your home or office! The E-Learning Center includes learning objectives, number of CE hours awarded, and cost. Never stop expanding your play therapy knowledge, and earn valuable non-contact CE credit along the way!


Erin Dugan


Congratulations to Scott Riviere (LA) and Pam Dyson (TX) who were re-elected, and to Erin Dugan (LA) newly elected to the APT board of directors. Riviere, Dyson and Dugan will serve three-year terms starting October 14, 2017. The slate of candidates was designed by the 11-member Nominations Committee, chaired by retiring Director Rick Gaskill who will conclude his second 3-year term this October. The Board scans and identifies change drivers in the mental health environment, approves the ends that the organization will achieve, and monitors organizational performance.


Committee Appointments LeAnne Steen


LeAnne Steen, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S (LA) began serving a one-year term as chair the University Education Committee, which supervises our Approved Centers of Play Therapy Education and History Speaks programs.


Robert Jason Grant New Career Center Launched


A new and improved Career Center is now available on the APT website! Located under the Membership tab, members can search jobs, post an open position, upload a resume, and receive job alerts at no cost! Do you have a job opening in your agency, private practice or university? Get your listing in


front of more than 6,000 mental health professionals through the APT Career Center! Check back daily for new job listings or subscribe to the email alerts and be first to know when a position is posted.


Robert Jason Grant, Ed.D., LPC, NCC, CAS, RPT-S (MO) will begin serving a two-year term as chair of the Conference Program committee, which annually reviews conference program proposals.


A special thank you to Kathrin Hartmann, , Ph.D., RPT-S (VA) as past chair of the University Education Committee, and Kim VanderDussen, Psy.D., RPT-S (CA) as past chair of the Conference Program Committee for their continued efforts in supporting the Association and its programs. APT would also like to thank all those members who chair or serve on our various committees and thereby generate value to members.


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