The Lost Art of Play; Helping Childern Grow Up PEP Talks: Deborah MacNamara Type: Community The 2013 PEP Talks Series brings an exciting mix of world-class speakers to Vancouver. Deborah MacNamara: The Lost Art of Play; Helping Childern Grow Up. Date and time May 15 2013, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Add to my calendar Location Vancouver Playhouse, 601 Hamilton Street at Dunsmuir Vancouver Contact 604.684.2787 Tickets Tonight The Lost Art of Play; Helping Children Grow Up Dr. Deborah MacNamara is a clinical counsellor and educator in private practice helping parents, teachers, and childcare professionals make sense of children and adolescents in their care. She has over 15 year's experience as a teacher and counsellor in mental health and educational settings. Deborah is a dynamic presenter and writes on a number of parenting issues and has been published in parenting magazines and newsletters across Canada. She interned with Dr. Gordon Neufeld and is on faculty at the Neufeld Institute. In this talk she discusses how play – at least the kind that builds brains and forwards development – is becoming an endangered activity among those who need to engage in it most. Part of the problem is the premature pressure on children to learn and to become socialized. Another factor is that play has increasingly become associated with a sport or a screen activity. Probably our most significant failing is our lack of collective understanding concerning the pivotal role of play in development. We have never known more about the value of play and at the same time, we have never been so in need of this knowledge. The importance of play has become eclipsed by the urgency surrounding children's conduct and achievements. Presented by the Vancouver International Children's Festival.
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601 Hamilton Street