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International Council for Children's Play
Conselho International para o Jogo da Crianca

Conseil International pour le Jeu de L’Enfant
International Rat für Kinderspiel und Spielzeug

A brief history.....

During the first conference in 1959, which was organised by "Spiel Gut" in Ulm, Germany, the International Council for Children's Play (ICCP) was founded. The German name is "Internationale Rat für das Kinderspiel"; the French name: "Conseil Internal pour le Jeu de L'Enfant". The German national organisation "Spiel Gut" had existed already since 1954 and was engaged in the judgement of the quality of toys. Good toys received the orange sticker "Spiel Gut". Some scientists, like Professor Hetzer from Germany, Professor Bayr-Klimpfinger from Austria and Professor Bladergroen, together with practitioners like Mr and Mrs Abbatt (founders from Children's Play Activities in England) and Dr Roderich Thun (one of the founders of "Spiel Gut" ) were engaged in the founding of the ICCP. Mrs Lieselotte Pée from "Spiel Gut" became the first secretary of the ICCP. On the 28 August 1964, when Gustav Mugglin from "Pro Juventute" in Zurich, Switzerland, was the president, the ICCP was registered as a voluntary association in Bern.                           

Since 1959 the ICCP has been holding international conferences focused on the promotion of research, practice and policies focused in and around the area of play. 

Current Board Members 

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ICCP President 
Dr. Shelly Newstead
​Managing Director Common Threads, UK 
info@iccp-play.org

Members of the Board:

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Dr. Christina L. Hancock
Autism and play researcher
University of Sussex, UK

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​Professor (emerita) Maritta Hännikäinen               
University of Jyväskylä, Finland 
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Currently not pictured:
Krzysztof Kraszewski
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​Dr. Johan Meire
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Child & Society Research Centre
Kind & Samenleving vzw, Belgium
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Professor Maria Øksnes
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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​Amália Rebolo
Instituto Piaget
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Lisboa e Região, Portugal

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​Dr. H. Lindsey Russo
Associate Professor, Early Childhood and Childhood Education Programs and Dual Degree Program with Chongqing University of Education, China
SUNY New Paltz, NY ​

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​Dr. Monika Skerytė-Kazlauskienė
​Institute of Psychology
Vilnius University, Lithuania 
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