NEWS


- CALENDAR - JAN 20


Deadline to Submit 2025 Conference Program Proposals


Rebeca Chow FEB 2-8 MAR 15 MAR 31 International Play Therapy Week


Awards of Excellence Nominations Due


Board of Director Candidate Questionnaire Due


APR 1-30 Charles Schaefer Play Therapy Scholarship Application period Kim Vander Dussen , as Chair of the Board.


Leadership Changes Board of Directors


Meet the new APT Board of Directors Chair, Rebeca Chow, PhD, LCPC, RPT-STM


!The


ceremonial transfer of power took place on Saturday, October 19, 2024 during the Awards of Excellence at the APT Annual


Conference. Rebeca Chow succeeded Kim Vander Dussen, PsyD, RPT-STM


Welcome Yolanda Fountain Hardy, PhD, LPC, LCMHC, RPT-S™ (GA) and Sueann Kenney-Noziska, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S (NM) to the APT Board of Directors.


APT thanks retiring Board members Robert Jason Grant, EdD, LPC, ACAS, RPT-STM RPT-STM


and Dee Ray, PhD, LPC-S, for their service.


Robert Jason Grant and Dee Ray


Dear Readers and Fellow Play Therapists, your valuable suggestions and contributions have shaped the Play TherapyTM


Therapy Topics      


Future Play TM


APT Board Members Wanted!


it is today. We extend a warm invitation to contribute a manuscript for publication consideration on the following topics:


Submit your 2,000-word (or less) manuscript to Melissa Villegas, mvillegas@a4pt.org


• Family Play Therapy (June 2025 Issue) Manuscripts due by February 1, 2025


• Person of the Play Therapist (September 2025 Issue) Manuscripts due by May 1, 2025


Do you have a topic in mind that you would like to see featured in Play TherapyTM


Editor, Mandi Meléndez, mmelendez@nrtfc.com today! 28 | PLAYTHERAPY December 2024 | www.a4pt.org ? Contact our dedicated Clinical


The Board of Directors governs and acts as the trustee for the      play therapy and add value to stakeholders. The Board is composed of seasoned Professional members of APT who bring extensive knowledge in play therapy, hold a play therapy credential, and have previously served on APT committees. Each Board member


is


 accountable, ethical, and strategic decision-making to best support the organization’s goals and its members' needs.


Interested is being part of Committee, chaired by Kim Vander Dussen, PsyD, RPT-STM


the APT Board? The Nominations invite


you to visit the Board of Directors page of the APT Website, under    Candidate Questionnaire. Questionnaires are due March 31, 2025.


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