Mountain View Hospital and the Alabama Association for Play Therapy have teamed up to provide play therapy credit for the professional education seminar we told you about last week. The workshop is being conducted by Rod Marshall entitled “Effective Techniques in Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy” on Friday, June 12, 2009 — 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at Mountain View Hospital Auditorium. For more information please contact Kelly Gewalt Education Coordinator at Mountain View Hospital 1-800-245-3645, (256) 546-9265, ext 125 or check out our blog from June 3rd.
Mountain View Hospital’s next professional education seminar will be conducted by Rod Marshall, Past President of AAPT. “Effective Techniques in Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy” will be held on Friday, June 12, 2009 — 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at Mountain View Hospital Auditorium. Registration Fee: $40.00 (Payable on site).
Guest Speaker: Rod Marshall, Ed.S., LPC, RPT-S, BCPCC- Director of Counseling for the Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries. Rod is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and a Board Certified Christian Counselor with a sense of humor that keeps him in frequent demand at conferences and workshops.
Continuing Education Credits: 3.0 contact hours for LPC’s, ALC’s, Social Workers, Psychologists, and Nursing Home Administrators. 3.6 contact hours for Nurses. Because AAPT is not sponsoring this workshop we are not providing play therapy credit through CEUs but it may qualify for credit through APT.
Though pre-registration for our regional workshop in Dothan on May 29th has ended, you may still attend and register at the door. Its a great price offering 4 contact hours of continuing education credit.
Please remember the last day to take advantage of the early registration fee is May 15th. The regional workshop will be held on May 29, 2009 on the campus of Troy University in DOTHAN. The workshop will focus on step family issues and play therapy. Topics such as:
successful integration of blended families
building a healthy identity in children
and the realities of parenting (and grand-parenting)
On May 29, 2009 AAPT and Troy University will be sponsoring a regional workshop on the campus of Troy University in Dothan. The workshop will focus on step family issues and play therapy. Topics such as:
successful integration of blended families
building a healthy identity in children
and the realities of parenting (and grand-parenting)
Please join us and pass this information along to colleagues. Also, please remember all regional workshops will only be advertised through the website and the blog so encourage your colleagues to sign up.
Also, for those of you that attended Dr. Rubin’s Super Heroes workshop, we have made his extensive bibliography available for download on our homepage — just look for the lightning bolt!
Please also remember that the AAPT website is full of informational links and articles for professionals interested in play therapy as well as families who are beginning work with a play therapist. Be sure to check out these areas on the site and let us know if there is anything you would like to see added.
The lower registration price for the Spring Workshop on Friday, May 1st will be available for onsite registration but we really need to know if you are coming so we can reserve a seat!
Please email Kristin Lowrey ASAP and let her know if you plan to attend and if you are not already registered. Her email is Kristin.Lowrey@chsys.org.
Also, watch for site updates and information on other upcoming conferences!
Dr. Lawrence Rubin introduces his workshop for the Alabama Association for Play Therapy. This is a top secret message and he must NOT be found out:
Remember, on-line registration ends at midnight on Sunday, April 26th! Mail in registrations have to be post marked by the 26th as well. However, we are extending the lower price so that you can register at that price onsite on Friday May 1st. We just ask that you notify Kristen Lowery at Kristin.Lowrey@chsys.orgso we know you plan to attend and we’ll save a seat for you.
This is a reminder that registration is going on right now for AAPT’s Spring Workshop with Dr. Lawrence Rubin entitled “Superheros In Play Therapy and Counseling” to be held May 1st. We want to announce that AAPT knows that money is tight so we would like to extend our early bird registration fee. You may now take advantage of this reduced rate through Sunday April 26th. That will be the deadline for on line registration and all registrations by mail must be post marked by April 26th to receive the reduced rate. As always you may register on site the day of the conference.
To find out what Super Hero you would be we thought we would connect you to a fun, non scientific online quiz. Some questions are funny and some very odd but the results are interesting to see what Super Hero personality is just waiting for its chance to emerge. We hope to see you May 1st for this unique and useful workshop.
The March 24th issue of USA Today contained an article detailing the benefits of play in dealing with the current stressful times as well as living a longer happier life. It provides an interesting look at the topic of play for adults as a way to relive stress.
In March of 2008 — exactly one year ago today – in an effort to better serve our members and all mental health professionals working with children, the website for the Alabama Association for Play Therapy (AAPT) was redesigned.
As of this blog post, we have had 2,765 unique visitors to our web site with over 7,000 page views!
We have had visitors from every state in the union – and countries such as Australia, the UK, Canada, even Uganda!
In honor of our one year anniversary we’ve updated with new features — here are just a few:
Check out the photos from our Winter Workshop with Sueann Noziska on the homepage
Use the search box on the homepage (upper right corner under jumping children) to quickly locate information on the website — for example, looking for grant information? Keyin “grant” (without the “) and select Search. Want to find every reference to our AAPT President? Keyin “president” (without the “) and select Search
Browse the “Site Map” for a quick overview of all of our web pages and their organization
And see what else you can find that has been added to the site
Most importantly, find out about our Spring Workshop with Lawrence Rubin and register online now! Please let us know if you have any features you would like to suggest for our website to help it serve you better.
The AAPT Blog is the companion site for the Alabama Association for Play Therapy main web site. The AAPT Blog allows us to keep you up-to-date with announcements and other news related to play therapy. Simply click on one of the Blog Entries below to read more.
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