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Play is a universal language of childhood, offering children a safe and natural way to explore emotion and develop social skills. For children from diverse cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, play and play therapy provide an inclusive space that honors each individual experiences while fostering growth. By engaging in creative, imaginative activities guided by therapeutic principles, children can process complex feelings, build confidence, and transcend verbal communication. This approach not only supports emotional well-being, creating pathways for healing and development across varied life experiences. Benefits of Play, Play Therapy, Sports, and Recreation for Children of Diverse Backgrounds explores the benefits of play and play therapy for children. This book offers techniques and support, as well as efficacious findings regarding the beneficial use of play and play therapy for positive child development outcomes. Covering topics such as therapy, psychology, and cultural development, this book is an excellent resource for researchers, professionals, psychologists, social workers, professors and individuals interested in child development.

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Nava R. Silton , Ph.D. is a Developmental Psychologist with a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University. She is a Full Professor of Psychology at Marymount Manhattan College, where she teaches classes in Child Development, Cognition, Personality, Creativity, Children’s Media and has won numerous Teaching, Research and Advising Awards. She has worked at Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop and has consulted for Disney, Netflix, Apple, Blue’s Clues & You, 9Story Media Group and The Autism Seaver Center. She also serves as a Youth Director for the Jewish Center and as a Developmental Psychologist for Gan Aliya and Manhattan Day School. She has appeared over 200 times on Fox 5 News as a Parenting and Developmental Expert, and has appeared on Good Day New York, Good Day Street Talk and NBC. Silton has written over 36 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 20 chapters, book reviews and encyclopedia entries and has edited ten full textbooks. Silton also created The Realabilities Educational Comic Book Series, which offers 18 comics (12 on disabilities and 6 on mental health disorders) and two instructional manuals for use in classrooms across the world. The disabilities-based series, which received The Reader’s Favorite Award and was a Page Turner Awardee has now been translated into Hebrew and Spanish and is currently being translated into Chinese and French, as well. Due to the popularity of The Realabilities Educational Series in the schools, Silton created Addy & Uno, The First Family Musical about Disabilities, Bullying and Kindness. Addy & Uno, which was nominated for an Off-Broadway Alliance Award, ran Off-Broadway for over 18 months at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in Manhattan and is now being developed by the Jim Henson Company for TV. She also is developing another show with LeVar Burton Entertainment. In addition, Silton created a Child Development and Parenting Podcast, entitled A Cup of Java with Dr. Nava. She also created Bashert, to help adults connect with one another and, The One of a Kind Game to teach kindness and SEL, Unbox Your Creativity to teach divergent thinking, GritLock to teach Grit and Executive Station to teach executive functioning skills via Dr. Nava Games. Finally, Nava recently penned four feature screenplays, Pure, The Prof, Jackpot and Toycoon. All four screenplays have already achieved significant recognition (Finalist, Semifinalist and Quarterfinalist designations) in over twenty screenplay contests. Most recently, Silton was identified as one of the Top 50 screenwriters on the ISA Fellowship slate. Silton is married to Dr. Ariel Brandwein and has seven children; three boys and four girls.

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