Thanks so much for your clear reply.
It just worries me that still so few people seem to know what play specialists do and the whole range of places we provide therapeutic play services.
With your Foundation Degree unit 'Working with other Professionals' did you have any lectures linked with this subject? Or maybe, did you have some suggestions about various the professionals that you could link with, which you could write about in your assignment?
It is just that still very few childcare/playwork professionals seem to even consider liaising with or refering to a play specialist if something has come up to do with issues regarding hospital or illness. Which is such a shame as children spend so much time with childcare/playwork professionals, that they are the ones who a child is likely to speak to, about issues.
The problem that I'm aware of is, if you only cover this area if you choose to research it for an assignment, this would not happen if you didn't already know about the profession and that you could liaise with or refer to them.
Thanks it is really so interesting to know other peoples point of view.
hattyhar