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PTI requires 200 practice hours, whilst under training, to provide threshold certification as a Play Therapist (100 hours for a Practitioner With Therapeutic Play Skills). 450 total hours are required to distinguish a higher level of experience as an Accredited Play Therapist.
The Association for Play Therapy (APT) defines play therapy as "the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development."
The Association for Play Therapy (APT) offers continuing education specific to play therapy. APT Approved Provider 95-100 maintains responsibility for the program. Continuing Education Policies. The programs and tests displayed in the E-Learning Center are the sole and exclusive property of APT.
APT identifies the following areas of competencies as essential to the competent practice of play therapy, irrespective of theoretical orientation: Competency 1: Knowledge & Understanding of Play Therapy. The play therapist will: 2a. Apply and articulate the therapeutic powers of play 2b.
Play Therapy Best Practices. Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Best Practices: Preamble & Terminology. Preamble. The Association for Play Therapy (APT) is a national professional society dedicated to the advancement of play therapy in order that clients in need may receive the best possible mental health services.
Nov 16, 2015 · The Missouri Association for Play Therapy (MAPT) has been organized as a state chapter of the national Association for Play Therapy (APT), a professional society formed in 1982 to foster contact among psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals interested in expl...
