Play Leadership course

DESCRIPTION

Uninterrupted play is important for a child’s social, physical and mental development; play encourages brain development, stimulates creativity, increases a child’s academic ability, and enhances quality of life through to adulthood. Children who have learnt how to play, will have a more playful and creative approach to life as adults.

This course is relevant to the provision of play opportunities for children, and teenagers.

LESSON STRUCTURE

• Understanding Play Leadership Skills
• Planning Play Programs
• Child Development through Play
• Play Safety
• Physical Play
• Social Play
• Adventure Playground.
• Play Apparatus Activities plus Special Project

AIMS

• To explain the purpose of play in the cognitive, physical and social development of a child.
• To determine the skills required to carry out a play leadership role in different situations
• To develop a plan for a supervised children's play program.
• To develop a basic understanding of the impact of play upon the psychological development of a child.
• To determine appropriate measures to take to protect a child's safety when at play, while minimising any interference which might diminish the quality of the play experience.
• To develop an understanding of options for physical play activities, including games and sports, in a supervised play program. To develop an understanding of options for social play activities, in a supervised play program.
• To develop a basic ability to plan, establish and manage a supervised adventure
• To develop an ability to evaluate a range of different play apparatus, including playground structures, toys, sports equipment, commenting on quality, safety features, appropriate applications and cost benefit.
• To broaden your scope of opportunities that can be offered for children to play, appropriate to a wide range of different situations.

DELIVERY

• Correspondence