WWO 2023 Impact Report Final - Flipbook - Page 8
OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
ELEMENT OF PLAY®
Element of Play® is WWO’s trademarked program
developed to support early childhood development,
bring about psychosocial change and rehabilitate
communi琀椀es in areas of extreme poverty and
disaster. Adverse childhood experiences cause trauma
in children which o昀琀en causes them to miss cri琀椀cal
developmental milestones and creates las琀椀ng nega琀椀ve
consequences in their lives. These developmental delays
produce a cumula琀椀ve e昀昀ect on their communi琀椀es.
What di昀昀eren琀椀ates Element of Play® is our theory of change.
True change happens when a community works together to care
for one another. The key to this program’s success comes from our
founda琀椀onal premise – children thrive when the adults around them engage in the play,
too. Element of Play® brings trauma-informed, play-based programs to young children
and our Element of Play® Professional Development Training brings the mastery of this
methodology to those professionals who work with children. By building this capacity,
a mutually bene昀椀cial rela琀椀onship between children and adults is facilitated, posi琀椀vely
impac琀椀ng their health and well-being and improving the community as a whole.
Element of Play® program and Professional Training goals include:
• A strengthened rela琀椀onship between adults and children
• Improved developmental outcomes for children
• Improved psychosocial wellbeing for both children and adults
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