Overview
This Play Leadership course from Warnborough College will able you to work as either a volunteer or in employment as a professional in this challenging and rewarding field. You will need to have lots of energy and imagination! You will need to love children and enjoy their care-free, often humorous personalities.
This course will develop valuable skills in anyone working, or wishing to work with children. Our staff have experience training play leaders for over 35 years and have devised this truely fantastic course which will challenge you and arm you with the skills you need to succeed in this vitally important industry. Children deserve the best!
Course Aims:
- Explain the purpose of play in the cognitive, physical and social development of a child.
- Determine the skills required to carry out a play leadership role in different situations
- Plan for a supervised children’s play program.
- To develop a basic understanding of the impact of play upon the psychological development of a child.
- To determine appropriate measures to take to protect a child’s safety when at play, while minimising any interference which might diminish the quality of the play experience.
- Explain options for physical play activities, including games and sports, in a supervised play program.
- Develop an understanding of options for social play activities, in a supervised play program.
- To develop a basic ability to plan, establish and manage a supervised adventure
- To develop an ability to evaluate a range of different play apparatus, including playground structures, toys, sports equipment, commenting on quality, safety features, appropriate applications and cost benefit.
Who should take this course?
Youth leaders in community organisations or involved in community work
Coaches, trainers, and others involved in child health and fitness
Child carers, or people looking to transition into the early childhood industry
At the end of this course you will:
- Understand how to plan, establish and manage a supervised adventure
- Be able to explain the purpose of play in the cognitive, physical and social development of a child.
- Understand how to effectively use play resources and structures in your interactions with children
Programme Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 10 in-depth lessons:
- Understanding Play
- Leadership Skills
- Planning Play Programs
- Child Development through Play
- Play Safety
- Physical Play
- Social Play
- Adventure Playground.
- Play Apparatus
- Activities
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Leadership View 118 other Short Courses in Leadership in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- You will need to have lots of energy and imagination! You will need to love children and enjoy their care-free, often humorous personalities.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.