Mental Health and Telehealth
Organizations and Professional Events
ASSOTP thru ASSOTPRZ

• Provides advocacy and education to customers of supported employment [SE], ie, supported employment professionals, consumers and their family members, and supported employers
• Addresses issues and barriers which impede the growth and implementation of integrated employment services
• Improves SE practice so that individuals and communities experience SE as a quality service with meaningful outcomes
• Promotes national, state, and local policy development which enhances the social and economic inclusion and empowerment of all persons experiencing severe disabilities
• Educates the public and the business community on the value of including persons experiencing severe disabilities as fully participating community members

Membership includes supported employment professionals, (administrators, managers, and employment specialists), consumers, family members, employers, rehabilitation counselors, advocates, state and federal agency officials, etc

The mission of the APT is to advance the psychosocial development and mental health of all people through play and play therapy by promoting the:

• Understanding and valuing of play and play therapy
• Effective practice of play therapy through training, research, and support
• Recognition, incorporation, and preservation of diversity in play and play therapy
• Development and maintenance of a strong professional organization to accomplish these objectives