Archive for April, 2008
AAPT — Our History
The Alabama Association for Play Therapy (AAPT) has grown into a solid organization committed to promoting the wellness of our state’s citizens – but it didn’t happen overnight.
Read how the vision, dedication, and hard-work of one person — and eventually many others that shared her vision – led to the creation and evolution of the AAPT that we know today.
If you have any special memories of the “early days”, please take a moment and leave a comment below.
Thanks,
AAPT Spring Newsletter
The Alabama Association for Play Therapy (AAPT) Spring Newsletter is available for download from our website.
In the future, the current newsletter will be available to members first then friends later. However, we’ve posted this newsletter so that everyone has access to it right now.
Check it out and discover:
- a great termination technique
- a wonderful website
- and how to be grateful for all that we have in our lives
Click here to download and view the Spring Newsletter!
In The News — Sharon Bell
AAPT member Sharon Bell was recently consulted for an article in the Montgomery Advertiser.
She is a play therapist but also a Marriage and Family Therapist. Working to help families become and stay strong helps the parents and the children. The article also references the Family Guidance Center in Montgomery which works to create stronger families – the center employees several AAPT members.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
She (Bell) strongly recommends pre-marital therapy and urges couples to leave no stone unturned. In such sessions, they discuss time together, finances, religion, sex and other topics related to marriage as well as how to work toward a successful union.
Please take a moment to read the entire article entitled, “Groups Strive to Help Married Couples Preserve Their Unions“.
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month
Please remember that April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. This is an annual event bringing attention to the issue of child abuse and focusing on prevention. Since 1989, the Blue Ribbon Campaign to Prevent Child Abuse has been highlighted in April. It was started by a grandmother in Virginia who lost her grandson to child abuse. It started with this one grandmother tying a simple blue ribbon to the antenna of her car in remembrance of him and a reminder to others.
In honor of the precious children who have lost their lives as a result of abuse, children who may be saved by awareness, those taking action to prevent abuse, and out of appreciation for those who step in to help children who have been victimized, we encourage you to wear a blue ribbon during this month.
We send this blue ribbon as a small thank you for helping children heal from abuse.
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