Play is key to neurological development and is an essential way that children build socially resilient and cognitively flexible brains.

Playing is how kids learn about the world and their place in it. It’s the natural language of children, even before they’ve mastered verbal communications — and sets the stage for future learning and success from the classroom to the workplace.

Therapy that uses play, builds onto the natural way that children learn about themselves and their relationships in the world around them. Children get to practice new and creative solutions to problems, develop acceptance of themselves and others, become more responsible for their behaviors, learn to experience and express emotion, cultivate empathy and respect for thoughts and feelings of others, plus much more to support long-term development.