Our Live Online Diploma in Neuro-Dramatic-Play
The dates for the Spring Semester 2025 are now available here.
Applications are now open and new sponsored bursaries are now available for those in financial need.
Introduction
Are you looking to further your understanding of Attachment-Based Play, and Drama and Play Therapy? Do you want more ideas for therapeutic approaches and hands-on application in your work? Then why not consider applying for our Live Online Diploma in Neuro-Dramatic-Play?
You can study from the comfort of your home, attend our live and interactive taught Core Modules, and then share your thoughts, questions and ideas with the NDP Online Community in our Group Tutorials. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with Dr Sue, a renowned expert in the field, in Individual Supervisions.
Payment Plans and Bursaries are available.
Renowned Drama and Play Therapist, Dr Sue Jennings, leads the course in this live online Diploma in Neuro-Dramatic-Play. This online course includes 36 hours of live teaching time across 6 Core Modules with Dr Sue and her colleagues, as well as Group and Individual Tutorials. We have students, from practicing clinicians to parents, from across the world (to date: Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Singapore, Switzerland, the UK, the US, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, and Zambia!).
"Dr Sue has so much knowledge and experience, and is quite inspiring. She creates such a wonderful warm, calm, and caring space to learn and grow. I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I've been a play therapist for over 20 years and you never stop learning; and whilst it's reassuring to know when you are getting it right, it's also quite energising to learn other therapeutic methods to help a child."
More information on the course requirements, structure and programme dates can be found below. To enrol, please click on the button below, or ask us a question!
Course Structure
The Diploma course structure consists of six modules that form the core tuition.
Each Core Module will take place over a series of weekends and will consist of two 3-hour sessions, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. They are offered at two different times each day (usually 0800 and 1500 UK Time) in the hope that this will fit as many people’s schedules as possible.
Each module is taught and the course is designed and led by Dr Sue Jennings PhD, the innovative play and drama therapist who develop the ground-breaking paradigms of Neuro-Dramatic-Play (NDP), Embodiment-Projection-Role (EPR), and Theatre of Resilience (ToR). Dr Sue is also joined by teaching colleagues who are also respected experts in their fields. You can read more about Dr Sue and her colleagues here.
As the complete diploma course runs twice a year, students have the option of attending any additional missed modules in the next semester. The self-guided version of the diploma will shortly be available too. Students who have missed a module of the live diploma will then have the option of taking its self-guided equivalent.
The course modules are as follows (the dates can be found here):
1. Foundation NDP Course: Ritual, Rhythm & Self-Regulation
Introduction to NDP theory and application, understanding heuristic research, and NDP and attachment. Establishing ‘rhythm of life’ and self-regulation; Ritualised playing and repetition; thread that connects: heart-beat to heart-beat; Rituals in life stages, life changes and family celebrations; ritual and loss. Techniques to address lack of self-regulation.
2. From Chaos to Order: Messy Play
Exploring water, sensory, messy, rhythmic and dramatic play; construction play; playful pregnancy; attachment stories, peep-bo, rocking and clapping.
3. Essential Child Development: Embodiment-Projection-Role
Embodiment-Projection-Role, developmental paradigm from 0-6 years; dance, drawing and drama! Match and build, rummage, ruminate and sort; clay and modelling; empathy & confidence building; energy and focus.
4. Puppets and Therapeutic Toys
Puppets can be an extension of therapeutic interaction as well as a means of learning in education. Make simple puppets that can be used immediately in role play and enactment; understand the historical legacy of puppets in storytelling.
5. Therapeutic Theatre and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Stories and texts in education and therapeutic work; exploration of MND: themes, characters; the ‘other worlds’ in the play; application with children, teenagers and adults; with groups and individuals; therapeutic performance.
6. Masks and their Application in Therapeutic Theatre
How to make masks in therapy and education, including masks for personal development and masks for theatre characters. Simple techniques that are ‘fail-safe’. Safeguards in clinical application. Application of masks in storytelling and performance. The irony of lockdown masks!
TUTORIALS and Support
All NDP Diploma Students will be invited to join a monthly group tutorial, as well as have individual tutorials with Dr Sue Jennings or Dr Clive Holmwood on request.
Participants will also receive digital copies of the presentations from the courses, as well as additional e-books, and course notes with techniques, stories and ideas.
Assessments
There are written and creative assessments that will need to be completed and marked before the Diploma can be awarded. Details of these can be found here.
Course fee
The course fee will be £450 GBP
This includes all Six Core Modules (36 hours of live tuition), Group Tutorials, Individual Tutorials, Course Resources (including eBooks), and Course Notes. All students can also benefit from being members of our Online NDP Community Forum.
Payment Plans and Bursaries are available on request.
How to apply
To apply, please complete in the simple Enrolment Form accessible via the button below.
On acceptance, you will be invoiced for the fee, and once paid, you will be registered for the full training.
