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height: 114px;" /></a></p><p>Click <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://businessnewsthisweek.com/health/for-children-needing-occupational-physical-or-speech-therapy-play-based-options-can-be-ideal-fit/">here</a></strong></span> to read more. </p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2024 22:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grant to Support LCCE Play Therapy Center</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/659464/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/659464/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://loyolamaroon.com/10040409/news/grant-to-support-lcce-play-therapy-center/"><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/Grant_to_support_LCCE_play_t.png" style="width: 500px;" /></a></p><p>Click <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://loyolamaroon.com/10040409/news/grant-to-support-lcce-play-therapy-center/">here</a></span></strong> to read more. </p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2023 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Young Is Too Young for Therapy?</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/659463/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/659463/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.livestrong.com/article/13776871-kids-age-for-therapy/"><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/How_Young_Is_Too_Young_for_T.png" style="width: 500px;" /></a></p><p>Click <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.livestrong.com/article/13776871-kids-age-for-therapy/">here</a></span></strong> to read more. </p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2023 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Perryman Elected to Another Term on National Association for Play Therapy Board</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/658253/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/658253/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/67952/perryman-elected-to-another-term-on-national-association-for-play-therapy-board"><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/Perryman_Elected_to_Another_.png" style="width: 500px;" /></a></p><p>Click <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/67952/perryman-elected-to-another-term-on-national-association-for-play-therapy-board">here</a></span></strong> to read more. </p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Creative Living Center continues to grow</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/656676/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/656676/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/Creative_living_center_conti.png" style="width: 500px;" /></p><p>Click <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/creative-living-center-continues-to-grow/article_3a2f9b84-7377-11ee-8652-57a0665977f5.html">here</a></span></strong> to read more.</p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Master's Student Receives Full Scholarship to Attend International Conference on Play Therapy</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/651633/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/651633/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/66123/master-s-student-receives-full-scholarship-to-attend-international-conference-on-play-therapy"><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/master_s_student_receives_fu.png" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /></a></p><p>Click <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/66123/master-s-student-receives-full-scholarship-to-attend-international-conference-on-play-therapy">here</a></strong></span> to read more.</p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Perryman Guides Belize in Establishing a National Model for School Counselors</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/651560/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/651560/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/66198/perryman-guides-belize-in-establishing-a-national-model-for-school-counselors"><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/Perryman_Guides_Belize_in_Es.png" style="width: 500px;" /></a></p><p>Click <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/66198/perryman-guides-belize-in-establishing-a-national-model-for-school-counselors">here</a></strong></span> to read more. </p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UMSL’s Play Therapy Institute awarded $442,000 to expand services.</title><link>https://www.a4pt.org/news/651310/</link><guid>https://www.a4pt.org/news/651310/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2023/09/11/play-therapy-grant/"><img alt="" src="https://www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/news_screenshots_/2023/UMSL’s_Play_Therapy_Institut.png" style="width: 500px;" /></a></p><p>Click <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2023/09/11/play-therapy-grant/">here</a></span></strong> to read more. </p>]]></description><category>General</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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