Hi,
B) prepare presentation notes, summarising the types of support a playworker may need to provide for a range of different play types.
The different play types identified by Bob Hughes are in the
Best Play publication available as a free download on Play England
and these are from the
NOS
communication play
creative play
deep play
dramatic play
exploratory play
fantasy play
imaginative play
locomotor play
mastery play
object play
role play
rough and tumble
social play
socio dramatic play
symbolic play
The national occupation standards require playworkers to be able to support self directed play by,
quote - encourage children and young people to choose and explore the range of play spaces for themselves, providing support when necessary
- leave the content and intent of play to the children and young people enable play to occur uninterrupted
- enable children and young people to explore their own values ensure children and young people can develop in their own ways
- hold children and young people's play frames when necessary
- observe play and respond to play cues according to the stage in the play cycle
Help children and young people manage risk during play:- allow children and young people to experience and explore risk during play
- identify hazards when they occur
- assess the risks that these hazards pose in a way that is sensitive to the nature of the children and young people involved
- raise children and young people's awareness of hazards and manage risk themselves
- balance the risks involved with the benefits of challenge and stimulation
- only intervene if the level of risk becomes unacceptable
C) Research and produce a table listing 4 methods of consultation and explaining why they are important, provide an example of each.
You need to consult with children, families and colleagues so that you're able to plan and prepare suitable play spaces
- know why it is important to identify children and young people's play needs and preferences - (only they have the personal, cultural background information that enables this.)
- different types of information you can use to identify play needs and preferences and how to access these
- the barriers to access, including disability but taking account of others, that some children and young people may experience and how to address these
- why it is important to consult with children and young people on play needs and preferences
- the range of different types of play spaces that can meet children and young people's needs and preferences
Consider how your setting consults eg.
Meetings with Q&A sessions
Surveys, questionnaires and feedback forms
Do you ever get together at the end of an activity/session and talk about how everything went?
Home visits
Drop in sessions
Hope this helps, best wishes with the end of the course :)