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Spaces to Be

PlayBoard’s OUR Generation: Spaces to Be programme is based on the Spaces to Be – Mapping Identity and Belonging toolkit. The toolkit was developed by PlayBoard through its Peace III Diversity in Play initiative and builds on PlayBoard’s many years of Playwork and peace building experience and practice working with children, young people and communities across Northern Ireland.

Practitioners' Training Programme

Duration: 2 Sessions

Session 1 topics:

Play
Adversities and trauma
How we respond to stress
Reducing the impact of adversities
Resilience
The role of play in developing
Self-care tools

Session 2 topics:

PlayBoard’s Spaces to Be Toolkit
Community relations
The Playwork approach
The Playwork Principles
Emotional intelligence
Dynamic Risk Assessment
Mindfulness

Parents' Training Programme

Duration: 2 sessions

How play can build resilience and support children’s positive mental health.

Session 1 topics (1 hour):

PlayBoard’s Spaces to Be Toolkit
The Playwork approach
Adversities and trauma
How play can help
How we respond to stress
Self-care tools

Session 2 topics (1 hour):

Play
Benefit’s of play
Promoting play at home
How children develop resilience
Play based activities to build resilience at home
Partnership with parents

Children’s Play sessions

Duration: 10 sessions

PlayBoard will facilitate 10 play sessions for children aged 4 – 11 years. Two of these sessions will be individual sessions and a further eight cross-community play sessions.

The play sessions will include a range of practical and playful exercises for children to get involved which will support them to build characteristics closely associated with high levels of resilience and support their positive mental health.