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.
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
ICCP President
Dr. Shelly Newstead
Managing Director Common Threads, UK
info@iccp-play.org
Dr. Shelly Newstead
Managing Director Common Threads, UK
info@iccp-play.org
Members of the Board:
Dr. Christina L. Hancock
Autism and play researcher University of Sussex, UK |
Professor (emerita) Maritta Hännikäinen
University of Jyväskylä, Finland |
Currently not pictured:
Krzysztof Kraszewski |
Dr. Johan Meire
Child & Society Research Centre Kind & Samenleving vzw, Belgium |
Professor Maria Øksnes
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Amália Rebolo
Instituto Piaget Lisboa e Região, Portugal |
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 |
Dr. Monika Skerytė-Kazlauskienė
Institute of Psychology Vilnius University, Lithuania |
