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June 19 - 26, 2026

Multicultural Play Therapy Center Conference

University of North Carolina Charlotte

June 19 – 26, 2026

This year’s conference will have both 3-hour Live Webinar sessions (June 19-20) and 6-hour sessions on 5 days in person (June 22-26). You will receive an email invitation with directions for access after the close of registration on June 16, 2026. 

When is the conference?

The conference will be from Friday, June 19 – Friday, June 26, 2026.

June 19-20: We will offer 3-hour live webinars on Zoom (3 Non-Contact CEs/webinar).  All webinars are on EST.

June 22-26: We will offer in-person sessions at UNCC from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (EST) (6 Contact CEs/day).

Who should attend:

Professional counselors, school counselors, play therapists, social workers, psychologists, and students.  LCMHCs, school counselors, and those seeking RPT/S from APT earn up to 48 CEs for the conference (APT Approved Provider #07-191; NBCC Approved Provider #4208). Special rates for current students and May graduates. We will provide CEs for social workers in North Carolina.  Please note that for NC LCMHCs whose licenses expire on June 30, 2026, all CEs earned at our conference can be used for your license renewal.

Approved Providers:

NBCC Approved Provider #4208 and APT Approved Provider #07-191. The 3-hour live webinars Zoom sessions meet the requirements for Non-Contact CEs by APT. The in-person sessions are approved as contact hours by APT.

Special consideration for the webinars:

UNC Charlotte encourages the following guidelines for CE credits for participating in Live Webinars/ Non-contact. All participants in live webinars must 1) actively participate in the Live Webinar through the chat feature and experiential activities; 2) have their camera on and each participant is onscreen for the Live Webinar; and 3) complete an evaluation and post-test questions within one week of the webinar. UNC Charlotte staff will monitor attendance. UNC Charlotte utilizes Zoom for their Live Webinars.

COST:

All Please register with your preferred email address- all email communication will be sent to your email address you used when registering. For students, you must register with an official university email address to ensure student rate. No refunds will be made after the registration deadline, June 17, 2025. Refunds will be subject to a $25 processing fee.

Live Webinars: 

Professional: $65.00 per Live Webinars

UNC-Charlotte Student: $25.00 per Live Webinar.   Registration Code: UNCCWEBINAR

Student (other university): $40.00 per Live Webinar.   Registration Code: NonUNCCWEBINAR

All Webinars (6 Live Webinars): $375 for professionals

In-person Sessions: 

Professional: $140.00 per workshop

UNC-Charlotte Student: $50 per workshop.    Registration Code: UNCCIN-PERSON

Student (other university): $70 per workshop.    Registration Code: NonUNCCIN-PERSON

All In-person Sessions (5 days): $675.00 for professionals

Conference All Access Pass

6 Live Webinars and 5 In-person Workshops: $1000.00 for professionals

To see complete descriptions for each presentation and to register, please go to: 

https://sites.google.com/charlotte.edu/2026multiculturalplaytherapy/home

For more information on the conference, please contact Dr. Kristie Opiola, Director of the Multicultural Play Therapy Center and Professor at k.  For information about registration, please contact Dr. Jordan Boyd at .