Play consultant Haki Kapasi has done two evaluations of the PlanningInclusive Play course. "The training is incredibly powerful. It's reallymotivating," she told an inclusion conference last week. Participantswere surprised to learn how easy inclusion could be and went on to passlearning onto others, she said.
But they also came up against negative attitudes among otherprofessionals, including those in education and social care. Kapasistudied the training last year and has just completed her secondevaluation. Both studies showed attitudes were the biggest single factorworking against inclusion.
The training is part of the Government-funded Play Inclusion Project runby Kids. The charity has just been awarded a three-year grant of 790,000 to further develop inclusion in play and childcare.
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