After quitting her job as a social worker to be a stay-at-home mother, Yeung Utopia wanted to explore playwork with a view to becoming a playworker herself and decided to embark on the PARS course.
Developed by UK-based training company Common Threads, the programme blends theory and philosophy with practice, and is aimed at practitioners working with children in any kind of setting. It also appeals to a lot of parents who want to develop a new perspective on play at home.
Common Threads launched the PARS certificate in Hong Kong at the start of 2008 and in the Philippines in 2011. Various modules have been run in the UK over the past couple of years and the full programme is now available. In Hong Kong, Common Threads collaborates with play association Playright to offer the PARS certificate, which Yeung Utopia undertook.
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