Therapeutic Play Skills is a Level 6 Minor Award (6N4705) offered on a part time, blended learning basis which will equip you with the relevant knowledge, skill and competence to plan, deliver and evaluate both group and individual play based interventions. It is an experientially based learning programme with this additional online component. You will engage in creative activities that will enhance personal development, develop insight and awareness, and contribute to understanding, and meeting, the needs of all children including those living in adverse circumstances. Directive and non-directive therapeutic approaches will be addressed.
There is a separate online section, filled with material and resources, for each of the 10 units. The first lesson (Getting Started) provides you with documents to download prior to moving on to the course itself. The final unit contains the course evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the course.
- Getting Started: Therapeutic Play Skills
- Unit 1: Play, Child Development, and Service Provision
- Unit 2: Plan for and Support Self-directed Play
- Unit 3: Planning and Implementing Play Interventions: Non Directive Play Skills
- Unit 4: Planning and Implementing Play Interventions: Therapeutic Storytelling
- Unit 5: Planning and Implementing Play Interventions: Creative Visualisation
- Unit 6: Planning and Implementing Play Interventions: Interactive Play
- Unit 7: Planning and Implementing Play Interventions: Therapeutic Use of Puppets
- Unit 8: Planning and Implementing Play Interventions: Medical Play
- Unit 9: Working with Groups for Personal and Social Development
- Unit 10: Professional Practice
- Course Evaluations
On completion of the programme and the attainment of 15 credits you will be awarded a Level 6 component certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills. This can be used as a component of the Level 6 Major Award in Early Childhood Care and Education (6M2007) or other suitable Major Awards.