Later in 2004, the Foundation for Play Therapy mission was published Traumatic Stress in Santa Monica, California where they worked to incorporate play therapy into a national acute disaster response protocol. The next year the Foundation funded two APT teams to render tsunami disaster aid to caregivers helping orphaned children therapeutic playroom in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Foundation’s focus then shifted to supporting research efforts. In 2011, per the Research Initiative, a national consultant was contracted by the Foundation to help eligible play therapists design and seek funding for rigorous studies to advance play therapy as an evidence-based modality. Next the Foundation began work to publicize play therapy by
The Foundation shifted focus once again in response to need, and in 2021 began management of the Annual APT Conference Scholarship program. The Charles Schaefer
SPECIAL SECTION The Need:
In 2021-2022 we received 28 applicants for the Charles Schaefer scholarship. We were able to fund one applicant.
Play Therapy Scholarship was
added to the Foundation’s initiatives and was introduced during the general session of the Annual APT International Conference in Therapy Scholarship was awarded to recipient Jenna Taylor, MA, LPC Associate, NCC.
Currently, the Foundation’s fundraising efforts focus on graduate clinical supervision, or graduate-level education, students who are awarded Foundation scholarships ultimately continue on the pathway of obtaining their RPT or SB-RPT credential. The scholarships are a catalyst for growth of the play therapy credentialing program nationally and internationally. Attending an APT conference in-person can be a game-changer. Students see relevant substantive workshops, meet nationally and internationally recognized play therapists, attend with colleagues in the play therapy community, and of course PLAY! We would like to grow our scholarship funds and award possibilities. Contributors to the Foundation will be recognized in the March issue of the Play Therapy magazine.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mary Anne Peabody, EdD, LCSW, RPT-S, is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Maine, Chair of the Foundation Board, and a member of the International Play Therapy on the APT National Board and received the APT
maryanne.peabody@
maine.edu
In 2022 we received 33 applicants for the annual conference scholarship. We were able to fund three students.
In 2021 we received
55 applicants for the annual conference scholarship. We were able to fund three students.
Let’s do more. In the last two years 116 students applied for our
scholarships, and we could only award 7 scholarships. The need is great. Please consider donating to our APT Foundation scholarship drive, so we can exponentially grow the number of scholarships we are able to award!
Your commitment to supporting scholarships will contribute to building the play therapist pipeline that leads to addressing the needs of children, youth, and families.
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