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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.

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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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The Neuroscience of Play: How Loose Parts Builds Big Brains
Thursday September 26, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
Children's Museum Rm Be Anything Place -- LOWER LEVEL
This interactive workshop will offer a hands-on loose parts learning lab to connect brain science research with playful learning. Participants will engage with open-ended loose parts and discover how such materials can be used to support the neurobiological basis of language, memory, executive functioning, regulation, frustration tolerance, agency, cooperation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Discussion of stress responses and ways to bring back balance to children’s and adolescents’ emotional and cognitive states through playful learning will also be explored through neuroscience. ng this interactive workshop participants will enter the brain and follow
Presenters
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Jessica M. Black

Associate Profesor, Boston College
Jessica M. Black, MA, PhD, is Associate Professor, Chair of Children, Youth and Families Field of Practice and directs the Cell to Society Lab in the Boston College School of Social Work. She is an educational neuroscientist whose research centers on ways in which child and adolescent... Read More →
Thursday September 26, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
Children's Museum Rm Be Anything Place -- LOWER LEVEL
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