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Pat Grajkowski reports that: The Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors,as of 6/1/04 is offering licensed counselors the opportunity to renew their license online via www.TexasOnline.com, the official website of the State of Texas. The agency will accept license renewals 60 days prior to license expiration. Fees can be paid using a major credit card and a printable receipt is made available for your records. After the license is processed, a licensed will be mailed within 10 business days. Applications for new Counselor license may be a future possibility as well. Information regarding the new ACA group that might be of interest to Art Thelma Duffy, PhD, the Chair, reported that she was putting together a website
American Art Therapy Association E-Newsletter Published by American Art Therapy Association (AATA), Inc., 1202 Allanson Road, Mundelein, IL 60060 1-888-290-0878 AATA Responds to Hurricane Katrina I am sure you feel as horrified and helpless as I do in witnessing the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Many of our art therapy colleagues, our friends and families live in the Gulf Coast area. It is agonizing to learn that so many have yet to be accounted for. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the survivors and to all who are in need of putting the pieces of their lives back together again. Right now, everyone can help with this horrendous disaster by contributing funds to the Red Cross and other relief organizations. They are in desperate need of more financial resources to help with the resettlement of the survivors. Please give if you can, at: http://arc.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=splashpagebu . The American Red Cross also is looking for mental health workers to help the survivors of the hurricane. If you have the Red Cross Disaster Relief training and can offer your help, go to http://www.redcross.org for more information. If you are feeling at a loss to help in some other way, you may want to look to local relief efforts that are being organized in your own community, through churches, schools, and agencies. We are all witnessing the incredible creativity and generosity of people coming together to help to solve huge problems with whatever skills and resources they have. AATA is in the process of posting information on our website (www.arttherapy.org ) so that art therapists can learn more about the impact of Hurricane Katrina and mental health concerns in the aftermath of a disaster. As we have already started to plan our 2006 conference to take place in New Orleans, the AATA Board of Directors is monitoring the situation very closely and will get information out to everyone as it becomes available. Please note that this year's November 2005 conference is located in Atlanta and is not affected by the disaster. We know there is much work ahead and also that art therapists will be among those rebuilding lives, families, and communities. Many thanks to all of you in advance for your generous response. Regards, Lynn Kapitan, PhD, ATR-BC, President, American Art Therapy Association Dear Colleagues, The American Art Therapy Association Research Committee is pleased to Art therapists who work with people diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress The Forum is organized by the AATA Research Committee with the goal of We are seeking concise information on the interventions used (media, Even if you cannot attend the AATA conference, you are strongly Please feel free to forward this message to others. Thank you in Sincerely, Anne Mills, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
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