GAPT Committees
Training Committee
Membership Network and Community Outreach (MNCO)
Membership Network and Community Outreach (MNCO)
This committee assists with our annual conference and the trainings offered to members and the community.
Dr. Yolanda Fountain Hardy,
RPT-S, Chair
Active Committee Members
Jacob “JD” Dreiling
Kimberly “Kim” McFarland, RPT-S
Rita Patel, RPT
Brent Sweitzer, RPT
Lucinda Taylor Grapenthin, RPT-S
Myrsane Caze (Photographer)
Membership Network and Community Outreach (MNCO)
Membership Network and Community Outreach (MNCO)
Membership Network and Community Outreach (MNCO)
This committee provides opportunities for members to network and promotes play therapy within the community
Gloria Juliao, RPT-S, Chair
Active Committee Members
Janette Berne, RPT
Hilda Grindell, RPT
Mariana Shively, RPT
Raquel Manzo
Tiffany McNary, RPT-S
Danyale Weems, RPT-S
Marketing Committee
Membership Network and Community Outreach (MNCO)
Marketing Committee
This committee creates marketing campaigns, onboards new members, and encourages play therapy credentialing
Kadesha Adelakun, RPT-S, Chair
Active Committee Members
Lisa Miller, RPT
Tranae Harris-Bingham
Krista Cronan, RPT
GAPT thanks our committee chairs and member volunteers for their dedication to the success of GAPT!
With regard to committee work, GAPT follows APT'S policy of removing GAPT members from committees who do not participate and/or are non-responsive to committee chairs.
GAPT Member Networking Events
March 2023
Want to avoid the traffic after the conference on Friday night (March 10, 2023)? Wonderful! A member networking event for you to have fellowship, food, and fun will be held at California Pizza Kitchen. Contact persons are Mariana Brady Shively and Janette Berne. Let us know you are coming so that we have enough space using this link.
February 2023
Join us in celebrating APT's "International Play Therapy Week" on February 5-11, 2023. Check out the GAPT video that we created to celebrate this week using the button below!
January 2023
Join us for GAPT's member networking events in January 2023! You can meet us virtually on one or all of the following dates:
- Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 6:00 pm EST
- Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 10:00 am EST
- Friday, January 27, 2023 at 10:00 am EST.