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A Free End of Year Celebration

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Building tenacity and resilience through play: w hy adventurous play matters for children’s mental health
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Ab out the Presenter:
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H elen Dodd is Professor of Child Psycholog y at the University of Exeter\, and the director o f the newly funded Outdoor Play Research Centre. Helen brings a background in child ren's mental health to the field of play\, publish ing in 2021 a key paper exploring adventurous play as a route to preventing anxiety.
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~~Helen~~ has built a programme of work that includes national level data collection\, in depth work wi th schools\, methods development and evaluation of how play links to child mental health. Her work h as been funded by a range of funders including mos t recently by a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fe llowship.

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Helen has received award s for her work\, including one from the British Ps ychological Society for her contribution to develo pmental science. She is an elected director of Pla y England and an advocate for children's outdoor\, adventurous play\, and her work is regularly feat ured in national and international press.
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~~EVENT:  Play Australia festive end of year celebration~~
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Date: Tuesday 8 December 2026.
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Time: 4:00pm to 7:00pm
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Venue: Canva
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~~110 Kippa x Street\, Surry Hills\, 2010 Sydney~~
DESCRIPTION: A Free End of Year Celebration \n \n \n \n \n \n Presentation title\n \n \n \n B uilding tenacity and resilience through play: why adventurous play matters for children’s mental hea lth\n \n \n About the Presenter:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Helen Dodd is Professor of Child Psychology at the University of Exeter\, and the director of the newly funded Outdoor Play Research Centre. Hel en brings a background in children's mental health to the field of play\, publishing in 2021 a key p aper exploring adventurous play as a route to prev enting anxiety.\n \n \n \n Helen has built a progr amme of work that includes national level data col lection\, in depth work with schools\, methods dev elopment and evaluation of how play links to child mental health. Her work has been funded by a rang e of funders including most recently by a prestigi ous UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.\n \n \n \n Hel en has received awards for her work\, including on e from the British Psychological Society for her c ontribution to developmental science. She is an el ected director of Play England and an advocate for children's outdoor\, adventurous play\, and her w ork is regularly featured in national and internat ional press.\n \n \n \n EVENT: Play Australia fest ive end of year celebration\n \n \n \n Date: Tuesd ay 8 December 2026. \n \n \n \n Time: 4:00pm to 7: 00pm\n \n \n \n Venue: Canva\n \n \n \n 110 Kippax Street\, Surry Hills\, 2010 Sydney \ n \n CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261208T160000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261208T160000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261208T190000 LOCATION:Canva\n 110 Kippax Street\n Surry Hills\, NSW 2010 \n Australia\n URL:https://www.playaustralia.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=644 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR