to educate, encourage, and promote the advancement of play therapy professionals

2024 Annual MO APT Conference

& Silent Auction

  • When?

    Friday, June 7th, 2024

    8:30am registration

    9:00am - 4:00pm

    Lunch at 12

    &

    Saturday, June 8th, 2024

    8:30am registration

    9:00am - 4:00pm

    Lunch at 12

  • Where?

    Location: Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton - 7730 Bonhomme Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63105

    Hotel Reservations can be made here: Book Your Group/Corporate Rate | Marriott International

  • Day 1 Courses

    Ethics of Play Therapy in a Changing World

    presented by:

    Jeff Ashby, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S

  • Day 2 Courses

    Creative Play Therapy Interventions for Clients with Trauma and Cumulative Trauma

    presented by:

    Jeff Ashby, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S

Register Now for 2024 MO APT Conference

Meet the Presenter

  • Jeff Ashby, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S

    Professor of Counseling Psychology

    Director of the Play Therapy Institute

    Co-Director of the Center for the study of Stress, Trauma, and Resilience

    Georgia State University

Learn More About Jeff

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Donate for the Silent Auction

To donate items for our silent auction and door prizes, please reach out to us to get connected to Amber Schilb. We will recognize donors like you as contributors at our event, making the donation of items a great opportunity to advertise your business. Additionally, you will be provided with a tax donation letter! Thank you for supporting MAPT and the professionals involved in this organization!

Donate

Donations or Silent Auction Items can also be sent directly to:

Amber Schilb

5556 N. Ricky Fork Dr.

Columbia, MO 65202

Other Important Information:

Refund Policy: Refunds will be given for paid continuing education training cancelled by MAPT and for when MAPT relocated trainings to another region of the state. For attendees who cancel 48 hours prior to the start of the training, a MAPT credit will be provided to attendees for the amount paid and can be used at a future MAPT training.

Conference Pricing (per day):

  • Member: $155

  • Non-Member: $180

  • Student: $100 (requires transcript)

Early Bird Pricing (per day):

  • Member: $140

  • Non-Member: $160

Description & Objectives

DAY 1

The Ethics of Play Therapy in a Changing World

Ongoing changes in culture (e.g., social media, AI) and mental practice (e.g., telemental health, managed care) have offered new ethical challenges for play therapists. Using case examples, discussion, and lecture, participants in this workshop will consider how their ethical codes relate to new issues and challenges of the age. Special emphasis will be placed on developing professionals’ understanding of decision-making processes used in arriving at ethical courses of action in the context of these changes. The workshop will highlight issues of informed consent, competence, confidentiality, and boundaries/multiple relationships.

Learning Objectives:

After the workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Apply the ethical construct of informed consent across a variety of play therapy settings.

2. Apply the ethical construct of competence across a variety of play therapy settings.

3. Apply the ethical construct of confidentiality across a variety of play therapy settings.

4. Apply the ethical construct of multiple relationships across a variety of play therapy settings.

5. Articulate the additional challenges to these ethical constructs by changes in the cultural and

practice.

6. Apply a play therapy ethical decision making model to a variety of ethical dilemmas.

DAY 2

Creative Play Therapy Interventions for Clients with Trauma and Cumulative Trauma

This workshop is designed to help play therapists conceptualize and intervene with traumatized clients. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and practice a variety of play therapy techniques. In addition, the workshop will also focus on avoiding the vicarious trauma and burnout that commonly accompanies play therapists’ work with traumatized clients.

Learning objectives:

Participants will be able to:

1. Explain a model of trauma to conceptualize play therapy clients’ distress.

2. Increase a play therapy client’s coping strategies to assist clients in managing

hyperarousal and develop emotional regulation.

3. Identify techniques to help play therapy clients explore and express thoughts and feelings

associated with trauma.

4. Analyze themes of a child client’s play to develop metaphors to address traumatic

material.

5. Understand the role of clinician vicarious trauma in the play therapy with trauma clients.

6. Learn and practice play therapist self-care techniques to ensure emotional competence.