January 2021
“Imagine, Create, Belong”: a new intervention for adolescents with social difficulties (2 day online workshop) 21-22 JANUARY 2021
This 2 day workshop is for those who work with older children and young adolescents. Research using Learn to Play Therapy has been extended to work with adolescents who experience social difficulties. It has been assumed that abilities underpinning pretend play ability are no longer relevant to young adolescents. This is now disputed with evidence emerging that abilities underpinning pretend play are important for social competence and learning in adolescence.
This workshop would be valuable for those working with young adolescents who have social difficulties including social workers, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, specialist teachers of young adolescents, psychologists and play therapists.
Registration now open
Find out more »February 2021
Learn to Play Therapy – Part 1: Introduction (2 Day Workshop) 1-2 February 2021
This workshop would be valuable to therapists, social workers, psychologists and early intervention workers who work with families with children under 8 years of age who have a developmental delay.
Registration now open.
Find out more »Parent Learn to Play: Train the Trainer (1 Day Workshop) 15 February 2021
This workshop is suitable for those who have completed Learn to Play Therapy – Part 1: Introduction.
This practical workshop would be valuable to therapists and early childhood intervention workers who work with parents and children. This workshop would be valuable for professionals, including therapists, social workers, early intervention workers, psychologists, who work with families who have children aged 12 months to 5 years who have a developmental delay.
Registration open now.
Find out more »Learn to Play Therapy – Part 2: Advanced (2 Day Workshop) 16-17 February 2021
This workshop is suitable for those who have completed Learn to Play Therapy – Part 1: Introduction.
This workshop would be valuable to therapists, social workers, psychologists and early intervention workers who work with families with children under 8 years of age who have a developmental delay.
Registration now open.
Find out more »April 2021
Learn to Play Therapy – Part 1: Introduction (2 day workshop) 15-16 April 2021
This workshop would be valuable to therapists, social workers, psychologists and early intervention workers who work with families with children under 8 years of age who have a developmental delay.
Registration open now.
Find out more »Learn to Play Therapy – Part 2: Advanced (2 Day Workshop) 22-23 April 2021
This workshop is suitable for those who have completed Learn to Play Therapy – Part 1: Introduction.
This workshop would be valuable to therapists, social workers, psychologists and early intervention workers who work with families with children under 8 years of age who have a developmental delay.
Registration now open.
Find out more »Play in Schools for Teachers and Therapists (1 Day Workshop) 27 APRIL 2021
This one day online workshop is a very practical and hands on workshop with examples linking play abilities to the Australian curriculum. This workshop would be valuable to professionals who work in schools and are interested in play, language and literacy.
Registration now open.
Find out more »May 2021
The Learn to Play program for Kindergarten Teachers (1 Day ONLINE Workshop) 31 May 2021
The Learn to Play program for Kindergarten Teachers is designed to support teachers in a deeper understanding of pretend play, how it develops, and why pretend play is important for literacy, narrative understanding, social competence, and self-regulation.
This practical workshop will take teachers through the Pretend Play Checklist for Teachers with case studies for practice. The Pretend Play Checklist for Teachers is an assessment to assist teachers to observe and report on the pretend play ability of children in their care.
Find out more »July 2021
The Learn to Play program for Kindergarten Teachers (1 Day ONLINE Workshop) 29 July 2021
The Learn to Play program for Kindergarten Teachers is designed to support teachers in a deeper understanding of pretend play, how it develops, and why pretend play is important for literacy, narrative understanding, social competence, and self-regulation.
This practical workshop will take teachers through the Pretend Play Checklist for Teachers with case studies for practice. The Pretend Play Checklist for Teachers is an assessment to assist teachers to observe and report on the pretend play ability of children in their care.
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