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Welcome to the IPA USA 2024 Conference, The Right to Play, RIGHT NOW! To ensure ease in registration, here are a few tricks.

Once you have purchased your ticket for the conference, you will be directed to a Registration Form. This form is not just a document; it’s a key part of our planning process, and your participation is highly valued. Please complete it to help us track attendees for each of the special events.

If you wish to enhance your conference experience by adding a T-shirt or the Saturday Evening Celebration, you can do so by visiting this page: https://ipausa2024right2playnow.sched.com/?iframe=no

To add the T-shirt or the Saturday Evening Celebration to your registration, click on the ’Reserve Tickets’ button and select the option/s you want to add on.

If you want to attend the Pre-Conference, please follow the link below to register.

PreConference Session – Wednesday, September 25 – 9:30-2:30 pm
Connecting Children with Nature: A Practical Workshop for Educators
Follow this link to register for the preconference——https://events.humanitix.com/connecting-children-workshop

Looking forward to seeing you in Greenville, SC

Deb, President, IPA USA



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Friday, September 27
 

10:45am EDT

Pledge to Play
Friday September 27, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EDT
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Description: Lifecrafting imagines a world where social health flourish s through play, empowering individuals and communities to make meaningful connections and thrive together.


We will launch “Pledge to Play” movement at the IPA Conference, inviting everyone to Play through creative prompt-based experiences and end with a “Pledge to Play” badge where everyone writes a personal pledge to play statement! We also record their pledges to create a digital catalogue series of Play Pledges.


Presenters
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Lakshmi Narayanee B

Bio: "Lakshmi loves people, possibilities and play. Born and raised in India, she has since childhood, enjoyed bringing people together, listening to their stories, writing and making handwritten cards. She now lives in Seattle, works in Big Tech as a Global Product Leader. Earlier... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 10:45am - 11:30am EDT
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11:45am EDT

Exploring the Outdoors in Urban Spaces
Friday September 27, 2024 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
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"Participants will be presented with case studies from urban early childhood programs that have successfully integrated nature-based play. These examples will serve as a basis for discussion, allowing participants to explore the challenges and successes experienced by these programs. Participants will be encouraged to design their own nature-based play strategy or modify existing ones to better suit the needs of urban early childhood education settings. This collaborative effort aims to foster creativity and practical problem-solving skills. At the end of the session, participants will be guided through a reflective exercise to identify key takeaways and develop a personalized action plan. This plan will detail how they can implement nature-based play principles in their own professional contexts to support the Child's Right to Play.
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Ozge Metin Aslan

Associate Professor, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University / University of Minnesota / Founder: Nature Playosophy
She has been international research scholar since September 2023 at University of Minnesota. She is also associate professor at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University in Turkiye. She is play researcher and also free play activisit. She believes that free play is only way for learning... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
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2:00pm EDT

Play as a Relationship Nurturing Experience in the ECE Classroom
Friday September 27, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
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The role of play in the lives of young children is shown to be the most beneficial and credible strategy in regard to their learning. Play as a developmental opportunity for children involves learning social skills and negotiation processes as well as important cognitive skills. This session will focus on preparing a physical environment to encourage developing relationships, as well as creating the social and emotional atmosphere to allow connection, growth, understanding and empathetic progression.
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Sharon Jackson

Consultant, Curating Play
Dr. Sharon R. Jackson is an early childhood advocate and seasoned professional with presentations for international, national, state and local conferences. Retired from over 20 years in a school district Early Education program, Dr. Jackson now consults with programs nationwide and... Read More →
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Beverly Alford

"Beverly Alford, PhD is a staunch advocate for play. An Associate Professor of Early Childhood, her focus is on children, birth to seven years. She is fascinated by how children develop in play-based settings and the effects of standardized practices on children. Her background is... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
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3:15pm EDT

How to Start a Toy Library in Your Community
Friday September 27, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT
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"I will present a short course on how I took inspiration from a TASP 2017 presentation on the Rochester NY toy lending library and started a toy lending library in Nederland, CO, a small mountain town near Boulder, CO. Workshop participants will develop their own plan to do the same in their community. Workshop participants will learn about other successful toy libraries across the US, create an action plan for their first steps, and have the opportunity to brainstorm with other participants. I will walk through the steps of developing our model using the public library system and explain how my background as a speech-language pathologist and play specialist impacted the partnership. I will explain how to get buy-in to do a pilot. I will share the best advice given to me.

Session description: Conceptual Framework
Creating a community-based toy lending library, free of charge for all and reflecting the unique needs and interests in the community, provides an outstanding opportunity for offering an equitable play space in communities large and small, urban and rural, and inclusive of age, gender, socioeconomic status, ability, and culture.

This is a short course on how to combine the resources of a local public library for management and distribution of the toys, combined with the input from a play specialist for choosing the toy inventory to offer. I will share my experience of starting a successful toy lending library at Nederland Community Library in Nederland, CO, a small mountain community near Boulder, CO. Participants will fill out an action plan template as I talk them through the step-by-step process of taking my vision to reality.
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Susan Elling

Founder/Executive Director, Boulder County Toy Library
"After “achieving distinction” as “Most Fun To Play With” in 7th grade PE class, my path to play continued at the University of Colorado-Boulder graduate school in speech-language pathology, where my stated goal as a professional clinician would be “to combine discipline... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT
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