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Healing Through Play PreK & School Programing
Healing Through Play Classroom Workshops are provided to groups and classrooms in our community. This ongoing closed therapeutic group offers weekly strategies and tools to support ongoing healing. Through play therapy strategies, this group focuses on brain stem play, midbrain play, limbic play and cortical play therapy strategies. This groups is offered in classrooms and childcare spaces. Each group is 50 minutes long and held for 12 consecutive weeks by a LMSW and Registered Play Therapist. Teachers are encouraged to join in these groups but not required.
The partner is required to provide a signed MOU, a private space for weekly group and one member of their staff or team to join each week. THE PLAYGROUNDgr leads all programming, support and activities for these groups. The partner is invited to supply all play therapy-based tools and books used for bibliotherapy, however grants are available to support these costs.
Due to THE PLAYGROUNDgr’s investment and passion around recess and lunch support, groups are not held nor scheduled during the partners (if applicable) recess or lunch schedule. In addition, groups are offered through a therapeutic lens and should not be used as an incentive for attendance. At THE PLAYGROUNDgr we believe that all children should have access to play regardless of their behaviors prior to our arrival.
Special appreciation to: Steelcase Foundation, Wege Foundation and The Ready by Five Early Childhood Millage for making these programs possible.