Illinois Association for Play Therapy

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We proudly announce that AGATE Institute has been officially accredited to provide Play Therapy (APT) credits. This accreditation represents our commitment to excellence in the practice of EMDR and play therapy! Thanks to Melissa Fenrich (RPT-S) for supporting our efforts and her extensive work in making this a reality.
Several of our intensive and short programs will soon offer APT credits in addition to EMDRIA credits when appropriate. We'll keep you posted!

Two Workshops on EMDR with Children, New Orleans - AGATE Institute Two Workshops on EMDR with Children Presented by Ana Gomez in New Orleans Friday, October 11th and Saturday, October 12th Day 1: Working with Dissociation Day 2: The Storymaking Protocol 9am - 4:30pm 12 CEUs for two days (Co-sponsored by Evidence to Practice and Three Rivers Training Center) Fee: Da...

What a wonderful first day with Dr. Peggy Ceballos at the Annual IL APT Play Therapy Conference!

Meridian’s Gloria Cockerill, LCSW is undoubtedly an expert in early childhood mental health, but that’s not all — she’s also the president of the Association for Play Therapy's Illinois chapter!

With this week being International Play Therapy Week, Gloria and Sarah Biehl, LCPC — the newest provider to join our team — will be in attendance at the 2024 Illinois Association for Play Therapy Conference in Oak Park, which takes place on Friday and Saturday. The event will be a wonderful opportunity for mental health professionals to connect and explore topics related to supporting young patients with play therapy.

Interested in attending? Visit the Illinois Association for Play Therapy online now to learn more and register for in-person or virtual attendance: http://tinyurl.com/bdz6ud2b

Join us this week in celebrating our wonderful play therapist. Post a picture of yourself with a sign that says “I use play therapy because….” Tag us and we will repost to celebrate all the wonderful work you do!

Venture of into a world of play by attending the IL annual play therapy conference! There’s still time to buy tickets.

The 2024 ILAPT conference is coming up. Consider submitting a poster proposal to highlight your research project!

It’s a brand new year and our annual conference is approaching. Sign up before spots run out. We have the option for live or virtual attendance. Lunch is provided for those who attend live on the first day.

Student discounts also available.

ILAPT December Newsletter 2023 -

ILAPT December Newsletter 2023 You are invited to attend our annual conference February 9th and 10th, 2024. We are excited to welcome Dr. Peggy Ceballos who will be presenting on Day 1- Connecting with Parents: Cultural Considerations for Play Therapy Parent Consultations and Day 2 - Too Cool to Play: Adapting Humanistic Play Th...

The time has come for our annual play conference. Registration is open and we are really exciting about the topics for 2024. Attend in person or virtually and get a total of 12 play therapy CEUs.

IL members! Let’s get together if you’re at the National conference this year. On October 14th, members of the ILAPT board will be meeting on the patio during the lunch break. Grab your lunch and join us!

Check out EIU's upcoming conference!

So excited to be Palm Springs bound! Hope to see you all there! ILAPT members and folks interested in becoming members: let's connect!
Saturday, October 14th between 1230 and 2. Grab your lunch and join us. Location: TBD (watch the page and bulletin board at the conference!)

ILAPT August Newsletter 2023 -

ILAPT August Newsletter 2023

Hi everyone, Parvaneh Shidnia-Smith is leaving The Children’s School (TCS) after working as the school social worker for 6 years. TCS is located in Oak Park, and she can no longer make the hour drive each day. If you want to work for an exceptional private school that is committed to social justice, and where you have a lot of freedom to practice play therapy interventions, please consider applying.

The Children's School | Careers The Children's School hires dedicated, talented and amazing individuals, both for teaching and staff positions. Visit our site for career information.

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ILAPT February Newsletter Additional Trainings -

ILAPT February Newsletter Additional Trainings Applying the Hero’s Journey, Archetype Systems, and Play Therapy in Video Games" 4 APT Non-contact CE hrs and 3 NBCC CE hrs. Presented by Boontarika Sripom! February 17, 2023 1-5:30pm CST Register Here

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ILAPT February Newsletter Happy International Play Therapy Week 2023

Happy International Play Therapy Week!

Congratulations!

Melissa Warner, LCPC, RPT, Wheaton, IL

This training will apply tenants of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to play therapy sessions. Join us virtually on January 20th. Register: https://miapt.org/event-5049949

While proposals delineating ALL models of theory, practice, and research in play therapy are encouraged, specific areas of interest for 2023 are:

(https://www.a4pt.org/page/ConferenceProp)

Register now for a chance to learn about sand tray therapy!

What an incredible journey! Our IL APT president and vice president shared the stage discussing ways to incorporate caregivers into the play work that all our skilled play therapist do!

If you subscribe to our email, make sure you respond to our President if you want to have a get together while at the conference. Hope to see you here!

So excited to have made it to St. Louis for this years National Play Therapy Conference