Play Therapy

Hawaii Association

for

Conference Schedule


Thursday & Friday | 🕘9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Includes morning and afternoon breaks and a lunch break each day.

🍽Lunch provided for participants registered by March 26, 2026.


Location Information:
This in-person training will not be recorded and is scheduled to take place at the:

AIA Honolulu: 828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 100, Honolulu, HI 96813
Parking and access details will be provided to registered participants.

For further information, please email:

info@hawaiiplaytherapy.net


​​​         Registration: 

Conference Overview


Children are already playing digitally—this lively, hands-on training invites play therapists to meet them there with intention, creativity, and care. Across two engaging days, participants will explore how digital play can be ethically and playfully integrated into therapy without losing the heart of play therapy.

This conference blends experiential activities, live demonstrations, case vignettes, reflective practice, and small-group play to help therapists build confidence and curiosity around digital tools. Emphasis is placed on relational attunement, cultural humility, therapist presence, and ethical decision-making.

Come ready to play, reflect, and leave with practical ideas you can use right away.​

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define digital play and describe its relationship to traditional play therapy models.
  2. Identify common digital play themes and link them to clinical meaning.
  3. Demonstrate strategies for co-play and relational attunement in digital spaces.
  4. Apply ethical frameworks related to competence, consent, boundaries, and documentation in digital play therapy.
  5. Integrate cultural values and family perspectives into digital play therapy practice.
  6. Develop an individualized plan for ethically and developmentally integrating digital play into treatment.​

Why Attend?


✔ Playful, experiential learning (not lecture-heavy)
✔ Concrete tools you can use immediately with clients
✔ Ethical guidance for digital play therapy practice
✔ Culturally responsive and developmentally grounded
✔ Supportive space to build confidence and curiosity
✔ Connect with Hawaii’s vibrant play therapy community

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​Student registration $200

Member registration $300

Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S, brings over 30 years of experience as a clinician, educator, and innovator in play therapy, helping therapists confidently and ethically integrate digital play into their work. jessicastonephd.com

​Non-Member registration $425

Continuing Education Information

This program is offered by the Hawaii Association for Play Therapy (HAPT), an Association for Play Therapy (APT) Approved Provider. HAPT maintains responsibility for the program and its content. Participants who attend the full conference will receive 12 APT-Approved Contact Continuing Education Hours. 

Presented by: 

​Dr. Jessica Stone, PhD
Licensed Psychologist | Play Therapy Educator | Researcher


This training is intended for mental health professionals, including play therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and graduate students under supervision.

HAPT 2026 Conference

Thursday & Friday, April 9 & 10, 2026

Expanding the Play Space: Playful, Ethical, and Culturally Responsive
Integration of Digital Play Therapy

​AIA Honolulu

Earn 12 APT-Approved Contact Continuing Education Hours
APT Approved Provider # 99-053


📝 Registration Rates

· HAPT / APT Members: $300

· Non-Members: $425

·Students: $200

📝 Register Below!

**One-day registration options may be available by request.

*Join APT & HAPT:  Joining HAPT now gets you a discount on the conference and other trainings and opportunities. It also enables you to grow professionally through association newsletters, journals, networking and peer consultation.  Go to www.hawaiiplaytherapy.net to download the membership application, or join online at the Association for Play Therapy (APT) website at www.a4pt.org.