Just three of the life size sculptures near our restaurant in the Punjab, returning from our Himalayan holiday.
Dr Sue awarded IAN Honorary Membership
Dr Sue Jennings was one of the Founder Members of the International Attachment Network (IAN) and has now been asked to be an Honorary Member! She is hoping to visit the Chinese branch in April and introduce NDP, attachment based play, in theory and practice.
NDP 12: Meeting our Online Community in India
Before I had to head home it, it was fantastic to meet our 11 online participants from Children First, Delhi. We got together for extra workshops - advanced messy play and therapeutic story telling! Excellent students and wonderful creativity went into their sensory bags.
NDP in India 11: Mess to Monsters in Chandigarh
See our Monsters! Just using newspapers and masking tape we created a group monster. Twelve people worked together to both create the monsters and then the stories.
NDP in India 10: International Conference at Chandigarh
Dr Sue gave a keynote speech at this conference as well as presenting NDP workshops for paediatricians, parents and care-workers. Mess to Monsters became the theme. Adoptive parents found the messy play workshops particularly useful.
NDP in India 9: Sunrise and Calm
Sunrise from our hotel in the Himalayas. A few days’ welcome break after a hectic schedule in Chandigarh. The air is pure, the views spectacular and the ambience sublime. More anon!
NDP in India 8:
In the gardens of the new crèche in Chandigarh the ducks needed some colour so the children readily supplied it! Newly constructed to provide play activities for after school children, there will be more about this initiative in the next Newsletter.
NDP in India 7: Inaugurating a New Crèche in Chandigarh
Chandigarh Hospital, paediatric department: inauguration of new crèche facility for children after school. It incorporates many NDP resources for attachment-based play. Note the purpose build house for family work! Children singing to celebrate!
NDP in India 6: More Messy Play in Bangalore!
Group 3 in Bangalore having fun with messy play - the inner child starts to discover themselves and creates mess then form then narrative.
The game in this photo is to stay still and not move! Otherwise the paper comes off! More difficult than you can imagine as your partners are giggling at you!
NDP in India 5: Training on the Roof Terrace
Beautiful roof terrace for our NDP Training Course at MIMANSA. Our second Bangalore group following the Foundation Module. Dates for completion of certificate to be announced shortly.
