Website Links

The International Play Association

The International Play Association (IPA) is an interdisciplinary organization that seeks to protect, preserve, and promote children’s right to play. In this effort, IPA brings together people from all professions working for and with children, including play workers, planners, ps ychologists, educators, academics, architects, artists, researchers, childcare workers, trainers, health workers, and landscape designers.
http://www.ipausa.org

The Frost Research Collection at the University of the Incarnate Word

The University of the Incarnate Word is home of perhaps the largest children's play and play environment research collection in the United States. The collection is named in honor of its donor, Joe L. Frost, often called the contemporary father of play advocacy.

http://www.uiw.edu/frost

The National Institute for Play

The National Institute for Play is committed to bringing the unrealized knowledge, practices, and benefits of play into public life. It is gathering research from diverse play scientists and practitioners, initiating projects to expand the clinical scientific knowledge of human play and translating this emerging body of knowledge into programs and resources which deliver the transformative power of play to all segments of society.
http://www.nifplay.org

Association of Children's Museums

The Association of Children’s Museums is dedicated to building the capacity of children's museums to serve as town squares for families and children, where play inspires creativity and lifelong learning.
http://www.childrensmuseums.org

Association for Play therapy

The Association for Play Therapy (APT) advances play therapy, the means by which licensed mental health professionals better communicate with and help children and other clients obtain optimal mental health.
http://www.a4pt.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age eight. http://www.naeyc.org