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- 1. Play Rooms 101 Jodi Smith LCSW, RPT-S Mental Health Consultant Upland USD West End Family Counseling Services
- 2. Welcome • Introduction & Contact Info • Overview • Audience Poll
- 3. Welcome • Introduction & Contact Info • Jodi@playispowerful.com • Overview • *Request PowerPoint • Audience Poll
- 4. Welcome • Introduction & Contact Info • Overview • Audience Poll
- 5. Welcome The&Room Info • Introduction Contact The Toys •Arrangement/Set Up Overview Special Issues • Audience Poll Raffle
- 6. Welcome • Introduction & Contact Info • Overview • Audience Poll
- 7. Welcome • Introduction & Contact Info • Overview • Audience Poll
- 8. Welcome • Introduction & Contact Info Who are you and why are • Overview you here? • Audience Poll
- 9. The Playroom • Be Inviting • Honor the children • Honor Play • Inspire creativity and fantasy play • Provide a sense of safety
- 10. The Room • The Ideal Room • 12 X 12 (optimal size) • Open Floor Space • Counter/desk space • Sink • Linoleum with throw rugs • Organized • Sound Proof • Privacy
- 11. The Room • The Ideal Room • 12 X 12 (optimal size) • Open Floor Space The room, the toys and the • Counter/desk space arrangement should require • Sink minimal limits be imposed. • Linoleum with throw rugs • Organized • Sound Proof • Privacy
- 12. Making Due
- 13. Room Set Up • Decor • Furniture • Arrangement & Availability of Toys
- 14. Decor • Playful • Bright • Inviting • Themes
- 15. Furniture • Size • Durability • Usefulness
- 16. Arrangement • Organized • Available/Accessable • Stations • Consistency!
- 17. Toy Selection • Chosen for: • variety of uses • ability to inspire creativity and/or imaginative play • ability to elicit feelings • durability
- 18. Avoid • Overly structured toys (limited or narrow usage) • Board games, puzzles and books can limit interaction, limit relationship building and limit free/imaginative play • These toys are particularly challenging for new PIP Aides
- 19. Toy Categories • Nurturing/family • Communication • Mastery • Creative Expression • Aggression* ~Some toys fit in more than one category. Van Fleet, et al. (2010). Child-Centered Play Therapy. Landreth, G. (2002). The Art of the Relationship.
- 20. Nurturing • Baby Doll • Baby bottles, blankets, diapers, cribs... • Dollhouse (furniture & doll families) • Puppet families (animal or people) • Kitchen set (food, dishes...) • Medical kit
- 21. Communication • Telephones • Megaphone • Microphone • Walkie talkies • Binoculars • Mailbox
- 22. Mastery • Water* • Water toys (containers, cups, food items...) • Building Blocks &/or Legos • Cardboard Bricks • Ball • Basketball and hoop • Ring toss, bean bag toss, target games, bowling • Jump rope, hula hoop
- 23. Creative Expression • Dress Up Clothes/Hats • Mirror • Masks • Play Money • Magic Wand • Cars/Trucks (including rescue) • Medical Kit
- 24. • Sand tray • Miniatures (Animals, people, houses, natural elements) • Clay • Play Doh • Musical Instruments
- 25. • Art Supplies • Paper (Drawing & Construction) • Crayons • Paint • Markers • Blackboard/Whiteboard/Easel • Scissors • Glue & Tape • Pipe cleaners, yarn, glitter, buttons... • Recyclable Materials
- 26. Aggression • Small plastic soldiers • Dinosaurs • Aggressive looking puppets and miniatures (dragons, animals w/teeth showing...) • Rope • Handcuffs • Bop Bag*
- 27. Aggression* • Bop Bag • Rubber Knives • Swords • Dart/nerf guns *Guided by district policy and supervisor discretion
- 28. Safety First • Yours and the students
- 29. Hot Topics • Guns • Other Weapons • Bop Bags • Messy Stuff • Noise
- 30. Let’s hear it for the toys!
- 31. Let’s hear it for YOU!
- 32. THANK YOU!
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