QQI Level 6 6N4705 Therapeutic Play Skills Assessment 1, 2026

6N4705 Assessment 1

Assessment Type : Assignment

Task 1

Brief group work (800 words)

Groupwork session – assignments brief – facilitate a groupwork session with stated aims, using a range of play and expressive arts activities. Reflect on effectiveness and group dynamics. Identify the skills and competencies ultiized to assist the participants. Demonstrates how you ensured each participant had an equal opportunity to partake in the activities provided.

Group work –

• Introduce the participants (no identifying details) just first names, ages and short description of each of their personality, development or other relevant information.
• Introduce the setting (no identifying details). How were the children chosen? How many children in the session? How long was the session?
• Aims are best done in bullet point bullets make sure you have 5 aims and objectives.
• Describe your session plan – theme names and descriptions of activities to be used (warm up, main and wind down) why you chpse these activities how they linked to the aims what therapeutic powers of play they activated and how they would support holistic development including social and emotional development.
• Then present an account of how the session went. This account would say how eact activity went if you had to modify it from your plan your plan or not, how the children (individually and/or as a group) engaged with it (what would a fly on the wall have seen?).
• Group dynamics – how did the children engage with each other and with you?
• How did you influence this was there any conflict marginalised children or other difficulties?
• Skills and competencies you used – identify these as clearly as possible giving examples of what you actually did.
• Ensuring equal participation – how did you do this? How successful was it ?
• Make sure you bring in about consent garda vetting and policy and procedure
• Write about how all children took part equally regardless if they did or not
• Explain to the children why we are doing this group work and then write what actually happened. It doesn’t all have to amazing and perfect.

Task 2

Therapeutic use of story and narrative (800 words)

• Create a therapeutic story , using correct structure to address the needs of a child eith whom you might work in you professional role, struggling with specific issues. Identify the specific therapeutic powers of play relied on. The creation and content of the story will demonstrate your application of the theoretical foundations for the therapeutic use of stories and narrative.
• This therapeutic story is designed to support children with anxiety. This story provides a safe space for children to explore their feelings and fears in a non – threatening way.
• This therapeutic story is designed to support children with anxiety. This story provides a safe space for children to explore their feelings and fears in a non – threatening way. The story aims to help children develop important skills such as empathy problem – solving and emotional regulation. The story provides a framework for discussing a topic that is meaningful to the child , dealing with anxiety when it comes to visit. The story aims to empower children to confront their fears and build resilience in the face of anxiety
• When writing your story make sure to use pictures, these can be from google chat gpt make sure to reference that
• Make sure to identify the therapeutic powers of play activated.
  Storytelling
  Page 1 title of story – use picture – title – when fright comes to visit the oak tree
  Page 2 – why your writing this story. Go personal what inspired you.
  Page 3 what you therapeutic story
  Page 4 continue story
  Page 5 write your therapeutic powers of play. write 5 powers of play and a good paragraph explaining each one.
• Use metaphors throughout your story.

Task 3

Warm up or wind down activity game (250 words)

• Lead group in a warm up or wind down activity or a group game (plan, prepare, engage group) with regard to identified therapeutic powers of play relied on
• Lead training group in a warm up or wind down activity or a group game.
• Plan and prepare an appropriate activity
• Successfully engage the training group in this creative activity.
• Write a description (including therapeutic powers of play activated) and evaluation of the activity utilised.