Symposium at the 2016 OMEP World Conference

Symposium at the 2016 OMEP World Conference

The first Play and Resilience Symposium was held on 8 July 2016, the last day of the 2016 OMEP World Conference. We invited the winners of the Play and Resilience Travel Award to give a short presentation on their projects. The Travel Award recognised the best efforts in promoting play and resilience around the world. Among the 36 applications we received, the 7 projects that clearly demonstrated outstanding qualities and potential were awarded.

Play and Resilience: An Introduction

Maggie Koong
World Project Leader

Developing Resilience through Medical Play

Dawn Butterworth & Lis Mathiasen
Australia

Preschool Altruism and Soul

Larisa Pejić
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Promoting Democratic Coexistence in Early Childhood

Evelyn Adriana Calero
El Salvador

Physical Education in Early Childhood (PEECh)

Claire McLachlan & Sophie Foster
New Zealand

Protect Early Childhood Resilience

Ebru Ersay
Turkey

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