This week we have Caroline Essame. She is a British occupational therapist and creative arts therapist with a Masters Degree in education specialising in play based learning. I enjoyed talking with Caroline and learned a new thing or two about the benefits of play based learning from an occupational therapist perspective. The art of working with children is a never ending learning journey! She has worked for over 35 years in the field of creativity and human development, with experience in health, welfare and education services in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the UK, the Philippines and India. Based in Singapore she is the pioneer of CreateCATT Developmental Play and works with pre-school children and school-aged children with special needs as well as  teaching at Singapore University of Social Sciences.  She is a consultant for Deepti special school in Kerala, India, a Playfutures Explorer for the LEGO Foundation and an award winning international trainer and author. i fyou'd like to find out more about CreateCATT, you can do so here: https://www.createcatt-academy.com/link/5W265x