The full detailed schedule is coming soon with dozens more session titles…but until then, below is an alphabetical list of the Research Symposium and Educational Sessions that have been confirmed for the 2018 Conference on the Value of Play: The Many Faces of Play. Check back often because we will update the list as our presenters continue to confirm their sessions.
The full detailed schedule is coming soon with dozens more session titles…but until then, below is an alphabetical list of the Research Symposium and Educational Sessions that have been confirmed for the 
Be sure to REGISTER TODAY because the early bird deadline for this PLAYful conference is February 28.
- A Critical Approach to Play and Recreation Evaluation: Telling More of the Story
- Adaptive Sports Development: Building a 7-a-side Paralympic Soccer Club Program
- An Analysis of School Playgrounds and Parks using Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- An Exploration of Infant and Toddler Outdoor Play
- A Walk on the Wild Side: Connecting Play and Zoo Walkways
- Activating an Urban Neighborhood for Outdoor Play: Strategies for Replication
- Applying Play Research and Theory to School, Community, and Family Settings in Trinidad & Tobago
- Assessing Availability and Quality of Play Spaces for Cities within the East Africa Community
- Beyond Cardboard and Sticks: The Role of Toys in Facilitating Play
- Biophilic Approach to Children’s Nature-based Outdoor Designed Environments
- Building a #All-In Classroom Culture: Real-World Challenges In a Game-Based Atmosphere
- Celebrating a University Collaborative Community of Play
- Children’s PlayDays – Play Provision in a Time of Extreme Crisis
- Combining Modern Technology with Outdoor Play
- Community-Based Strategies for Building and Activating Inclusive Playgrounds
- Community Health Lessons From Volunteer Implementation of Natural Play Spaces
- Creating a Playful Event for Children with Special Needs
- Creating Specialized Outdoor Play Training To Empower Children’s Experiences
- Diabetes Day Camp: Playing To Learn, Heal and Connect
- Discover, Play, Share: Using Play To Build Early Literacy And STEM Skills In Preschoolers
- Discover the Secret Language of Play
- Exploring a Multi-Sector Approach To Play
- Four Elements of Play As Described By Ugandan Women
- Get Playful With Dance
- How Better Play Makes Better Schools
- How I Learned To Be an Adult; Lessons Learned On the Recess Playground
- How to Open a Toy Library
- How to Survive and Thrive As a Purely Play-Based Program: The Sunflower Creative Arts Story
- Idea Factory: STEM through Play
- Inclusive Design for the Aquatic Splash Pad
- Improv Parenting: Using Improv to Parent Playfully and Mindfully
- Is It Play? Is It Learning? A Cross-Cultural Study of Children’s And Parents’ Views
- “It’s Gonna Hurt”: Roughhousing and Risk in Play
- Learning to Build
- Leisure Activities among Urban Older Adults in China: How and Where do They Play?
- Let’s Get Some GoNoodle On!
- Making Classroom Magic with Mystery Skype
- More Fences, More Freedom? Exploring How the Design of Public Play Areas Affects Supervision
- Municipal Government and Play, It Can Be Done!
- Natural Harmony: An Instrumental Guide to Blending Music & Community
- Naturestart: Professional Development For Informal and Early Childhood Educators in Blended Classrooms
- Night at the Brewseum: Adults at Play!
- Opportunities and Barriers of Play at Pediatric Gardens: A Recent Case Study
- Play and Prevention of Bullying Behaviors
- Play Based Education through a Comprehensive School Health Framework
- Playground Literacy: Supporting Active Learning through Play
- PlayMatters – Therapeutic Value of Play for Children Impacted by Agent Orange from the Vietnam War
- Play Politics: School and Municipal Decision-Making Challenges in Canada Limiting Access to Play
- Play, Time, Behavior, and Flourishing
- Prevention, Promotion and Play: Using Interactive Activities to Promote Child Health and Wellness
- Recess Results: A Survey on Educators’ Perspectives on the Benefits of Recess
- Remember Play? How Our Personal Play Histories Springboard Support for Child-Directed Play
- Results of Grassroots Efforts to Increase Nature Play Infrastructure for Children
- Scaling Up: Building Play Networks At the Regional Level
- Sensory Play: An Integral Component of Inclusive Recreation
- The Butterfly Effect: Building On the Big Idea
- The Healing Power of Play – Restoring Childhood to Kids Impacted By Disasters
- The Real Toy Story: How to Create a Toy Library by The #1 Library in the Country
- The Role of Play in the Art Museum: A Case Study at the High Museum of Art
- The Urgent Need for Play-Based Experiential Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten
- Three Key Questions to Scaffold Playfulness
- Tips, Tools, and Tales from the Field: Fostering All-Out, Joyful Play in Adults
- Transitional Play: Exploring the Play Value of Classroom Indoor-Outdoor Relationship of Space
- Water Play and Children’s Complex Scientific Explorations
- What’s Going on with the Midwest Play Conference?: A Nature and Loose Parts Play Workshop
- YMCA Of Western Ontario; Outdoor Play Project
- Your Senses at Play! Explore Playground Designs And Programs That Support Children With Autism
- Zoos as a Nature Play Destination: Nature Playgrounds at Bronx Zoo and Houston Zoo
…and MANY, MANY MORE!! You don’t want to miss this exciting professional development opportunity! Join us at the 2018 Conference on the Value of Play: The Many Faces of Play, April 8-11 at Clemson University.