August 22, 2024 | By AATA President-Elect Raquel Farrell-Kirk, MS, ATR-BC At only two years old, the AATA Professional Affairs Committee might be still unknown to many of you but we have been hard at work behind the scenes. I am proud to announce that our committee,...
April 5, 2024 With the help of AATA’s all-volunteer Professional Affairs Committee, we’ve created a comprehensive resource for our members addressing licensure, certification, scope of practice, and more. Licensure and Certification Guide can be accessed through the...
March 18, 2024 The Department of Labor’s Occupational Network (O*NET) Program is the nation’s primary source of occupational information. Central to the program is the O*NET database, which classifies and defines hundreds of jobs. The ways in which...
March 31, 2024 | By Meredith Ashley, AATA Policy and Communications Coordinator It’s no secret we are in the throes of a global mental health crisis. According to the APA, currently more than a third of U.S. adults have a diagnosed mental health condition. In fact,...
February 16, 2024 | AATA President Nadia Paredes, MA, LMFT, ATR I had the privilege to attend and represent the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations (NCCATA) and AATA at both the White House and NEA Summit on Arts and Culture and the Arts and...
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn February 8, 2023 As the counseling compact continues to expand, more and more art therapists are going to be impacted both as licensed counselors and as art therapists seeking licensure in states where a unique art therapy license doesn’t...
