Healthcare Events
Wheelock College (click on library)
British Association for Play Therapy
QuitDay.org
Lung.org
Hospital Play Staff Education Trust
ChildLife (American Play Specialist Site)
Sibs
Hospital Play Specialists Association of New Zealand
Action for Sick Children (Scotland)
Utica College Child Life
Over the Wall
Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity
Action for Sick Children
Starlight Children's Foundation
www.top-downpaincontrol.com - Guided Imagery Workshop with Bernie Whitaker
National Children's Bureau
Child Exploitation and Online Protection - (CEOP)
HPSforum e-listserver
The HPSforum listserver was established in 2005, and stems from the current listserver being utilised in Australia and New Zealand. This original listserver was established in 2000 and has been a fantastic way for Hospital Play Specialists across Australia and New Zealand to communicate. The HPSforum listserver is designed as a forum for communication between Hospital Play Specialists. It provides a way of allowing increased contact between members across the three associations, including an opportunity to ask a whole group of people for advice, not just the few people that are based in your hospital. This is particularly useful for those with specialist caseloads, and for those who are working independently and don't have regular contact with other members.
Members can pose questions and forward any activities that have been successful, or ideas that they think could be useful to others. If you find or know of any great resources that others might be able to use you can inform members of these through the listserver. This listserver has been designed as a closed list, so only members of the Australian/ New Zealand/ UK Hospital Play Specialist Associations will be able to be members, and thus access and receive the emails from the listserver.
E-group etiquette:
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Remember confidentiality – don’t disclose personal information ie. names of patients
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Respect the views of members. If you disagree please do so politely.
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Only send relevant emails – this is a professional association list therefore emails must relate to professional topics.
All members should have access to this resource, as a part of their membership. To be included please e-mail Natalie Melrose: [email protected]
Natalie Melrose, Play Therapist, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
