Course Announcement: Play Therapy Training with RMPTI

ChiPPA:  Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment

A 2-Day Intensive Workshop
December 10-11, 2012 - Calgary

Description
The ChIPPA, developed by Dr. Karen Stagnitti, is a standardized norm referenced assessment of the quality of a child’s ability to self-initiate pretend play. This assessment, developed for children aged 3 to 7.11 years, gives information on the process of a child’s play as well as the quality of that child’s play in relation to peers. This workshop takes participants through the underlying assumptions of the ChIPPA, the administration, scoring and interpretation of the ChIPPA.

 
The ChIPPA has been used in several research studies examining: relationships between pretend play, language and social skills; social-emotional understanding and play complexity; play ability in children with autism spectrum disorder, and abilities of children who attend different types of school curriculum.

 Speaker
Professor Karen Stagnitti
School of Health and Social Development
Faculty of Health - Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

An experienced paediatric occupational therapist, Dr. Stagnitti, has designed a practical program, “Learn to Play,” to help develop the imaginative play skills of children up to 7 years old with developmental delays, ASD and other disorders. Dr. Stagnitti Karen has written five books on play and has her sixth book under contract. She also has over 60 national and international papers published as well as 13 book chapters.

 

Fee: $380.00 (plus GST)
For more information contact Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute www.rmpti.com    
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