hi hattyhar i'm john and i've just started by play specialist degree. i've been a playworker for 8 years and everyone says that i'll pass the course really ...
Hi John I'm sure that all your experience as a play worker will be very useful on course, but don't expect it to be easy. Everyone i know has really enjoyed...
Hey everyone, I have a question about the course. How is it marked? is it by assisgnments or exmas or a mixture? also do you have to have a hep b jab - its a...
Hey Shelley, my name katie and I'm doing the course right now at stanmore college as far as i know it is not a course requirement to have those injections(...
Hi Shelly ALthough you don't have to to be vaccinated for Hep B for the course i really do recomend you do have it for your own protection. It's passed in all...
Thanks to Katy and Hattyhar for replying to my question. Stanmore college is quite close to me so i'll be applying there, but I dont know when as I'm at uni at...
Hi this is yazz, i will be going to Bolton college becasue that is the closest to me. the course is one day a week 9 - 5 and one day in placement in the...
Hi shelly I had hep B, when i asked to do placement at an hospital they wanted to check my health they asked by GP, the things they needed to know. io know...
Hi I am doing an research on why is play benfitical for children in hospital and an seminars on long term illness can affect language development, has anyone...
Hey Shelly, At stanmore you go to college every tuesday 9am-4pm and some block weeks where you have to attend the whole week but their is only two or three of...
hi everyone i'm considering doing my special project on the possible/evident benefits of having a mix of male/female hospital play specialists. i would...
Hi John Your project sounds interesting, i do placement at hospital, and all the hospital play specalist are females. I will ask them what they think would be...
Hi John Have you thought about joining NAHPS, when you join you get sent a directory of all the NAHPS registered play staff all over the country, this would...
Does anyone know of any play specialists working in Hertfordshire and what hospitals they work at?, as i am trying to find a placement closer to home, so far...
Hi Katie I am not sure, of any hospital in Hertfordshire with hospital play specalist in , but what i did to get a placement in hospital near to my home is...
Hi Katie Are you a member of NAHPS? As part of the membership includes a directory of hospital play specialists all over the country, including their full...
Hey everyone, i am doing a degree in early childhood studies and in my last year. I was just wondering if you had any advice as to what i do next as i woud...
Hi Bexie The first thing i would suggest you do is spend a day shadowing a qualified hospital play specialist, you could probably just ring your local...
Hi. For my research i have decided to look into baby play on the ward and that babies are often not offered as many play opportunities as that of the older...
Hi I've looked up hospitals in the Hertfordshire area in the NAHPS directory for you and came up with two: Tewin Ward QE2 Hospital Howlands Welwyn Garden City ...
Hi Karen There's a really good article called "Sensory stimulation with neonates" in issue 23 Summer 1998 in the NAHPS Journal, sorry if this is a bit old but...
hi everyone, im doing my project on 'how can education and health work together to support the admission of the autistic child into hospital' and i woondered...
Hi, Im starting the course in September at Southwark College in London and im very excited. Can anyone recommend any books i can start reading before i start? ...
Hi Nichola Good luck with the course!! Can't believe our year is almost over! A couple of books worth getting are: Children in Hospital by Richard Lansdown...
Hi Nichola, I'm Mazni from Malaysia. I took this course last year at Stevenson Coll Edin. I agree with Karen with Children in Hospital by Richard Lansdown (the...
Hi Just to say thank you for sending me the information, i received it today. Haven't had chance to read it yet but from flicking through it looks good! I ...
Hi Nichola I definately recommend reading, Special Needs in Early Years: Snapshots of Practice, by Wolfendale, S. ISBN 0415213894. The whole book is great but...
When I first found out that there was a Yahoo group dedicated to hospital play specialists, I became very excited but slowly disappointed that their isn't much...
Nicky, i am completing a playwork qualification and for my dissertation i have interviewed two different professionals whom use play in a hospital setting. i...
