Caring Playfully

This course focuses on being playful and using play when caring for young people in a residential home. It considers early life trauma and the impact this can have on attachment relationships, brain and body and how play can be a vital part of building secure and nurturing relationships. It will introduce the participants to the play as part of their role when caring for young people and teenagers, considering how play can be applied to everyday challenges and resistance, and giving them practical ideas and practice.