APAC - Accredited Training in Therapeutic Play Skills and Play Therapy

	The Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy Therapeutic Play Skills & Play Therapy - the largest and most experienced dedicated playtherapy and creative arts therapies training organisation worldwide - the only play therapy training programmes validated through clinical outcomes
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Open Courses	In order to be trained as a safe and effective Play Therapist or Practitioner of Therapeutic Play Skills it is essential that the play therapy courses that you undertake are fully accredited by two different types of organisations: A Play Therapy professional organisation - that acts as a professional self regulator until the Government regulates the profession - in this case PTUK A Government recognised University - in our case Canterbury Christ Church University The professional organisation is needed to issue a Certificate of Practice and to ensure that the quality of clinical work is acceptable. The University is required to manage the quality of the academic work and to make the post graduate awards. All of the Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC)'s courses are accredited for clinical content by PTUK - the UK Society for Play and Creative Arts Therapies. PTUK was set up as a not for profit organisation in 1999 to promote the use of play therapy and therapeutic play, to provide an infrastructure for safe practice, provide support for play therapy practitioners and to modernise the profession in the UK. In other countries these roles are undertaken by PTI - Play Therapy International which has members in over 30 countries. PTI administers the educational accreditation and certification standards set by IBECPT - the International Board of Examiners in Child and Play Therapy. IBECPT is a totally independent body based in Ontario, Canada.
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	The post graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills, the Diploma in Play Therapy and MA in Practice Based Play Therapy awards were originally validated for academic standards by the University College of Chichester. APAC now works in a collaborative partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University who are responsible for the management of academic quality and the post graduate awards.In Ireland the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (the NQAI) have approved the alignment of the following three awards with the National Framework of Qualifications (the NFQ): Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills Postgraduate Diploma in Practice Based Play Therapy MA in Practice Based Play Therapy This means that participants successfully completing the courses will have awards fully equivalent to those made by an Irish university and are at level 9. This is an important consideration for employers. The APAC/CCCU programme is the ONLY play therapy training running in Ireland (as at May 2010) at this level, that is accredited by a University with approved Irish equivalence.
	Warning!	Do not waste time or money on courses that are not accredited both by a recognised play therapy professional organisation AND a University. They will not give you awards that are recognised by employers. Beware that some training providers claim that their courses are at 'post graduate level'. These will not provide post graduate awards, which in the UK can only be awarded by a recognised university. Also be aware that in some countries universities are set up without the recognition of the Government and therefore their awards are not valid. Finally be aware that distance learning courses cannot, on their own, provide the essential experiential training that is required to become a safe and effective practitioner..

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