Learning and Development
Clear Sky provide expert learning and development for therapeutic professionals and family support workers.
We are experts in child-led therapeutic play. We have been working since 2009 to provide training all over the UK to support children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
We provide an attachment-based skills approach through our suite of CPD accredited training programmes and support a global network of practitioners through our online learning training hub The Institute for Play and Attachment, providing virtual CPD, research, resources and self-care.
We also publish a Directory of Attachment Play specialists, enabling our colleagues to promote their services within their own community.
Institute of Play
& Attachment
Conference
Power of Play Conference 2026
Planning is already well underway for our 3rd Power of Play Conference taking place in Oxford in April 2026. Our theme is ‘The Foundations of Play’. To be the first to get more info please sign up below.
Would you like to be part of the Conference programme? We would like to invite Workshop Leaders, Exhibitors and Sponsorsto drop us a calling card. If you are an experienced workshop leader who can offer a hands on experiential training which would be of interest to Play and Creative Arts therapists, or are a trader with something exciting to share we’d love to hear from you.
Our courses
Baby Bonding Professional CPD
Baby Bonding is an early help programme that guides and empowers parents and carers to develop secure relationships with their babies. Read more →
Heart to Heart Professional CPD
Heart to Heart is suitable for practitioners working closely with parents/carers of children/teens (or other adult). Practitioners can deliver this in 1:1, in groups or through a home-visiting model. Training is split across two approximate age ranges: 5-9 and 10-15 years. Read more →
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) Professional CPD
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) is an innovative early help model that focuses on strengthening the parent/carer (or other adult) – child relationship. Read more →
Supporting Children’s Mental Health Through Play INSET Training
This course provides theoretical understanding of trauma and attachment and gives strategies to support children in the classroom. Read more →
Fundraising for Good
'Fundraising for Good', the ultimate guide to kickstart YOUR fundraising efforts to help deliver projects that benefit your local community and wider society. Read more →
Level 3: Safeguarding Training
This course promotes awareness and sensitivity to safeguarding, enabling learners to identify the types and characteristics of abuse, record disclosure and appropriately share information with the relevant people. Read more →
Adult Child Attachment Play (ACAP) Professional CPD
Adult-Child Attachment Play (ACAP) is an innovative early help model that focuses on strengthening the adult/carer – child relationship. Read more →
Playful Parents Services for Schools
A relaxed series of workshops for a group of 6 – 8 parents commissioned by schools, social care teams, children’s centres or other organisations and help strengthen their relationship with their child. Read more →
Parent Child Attachment Play (PCAP) for Parents and Carers
Parent-Child Attachment Play (PCAP) helps parents to strengthen the relationship between themselves and their children through dedicated weekly play times to reduce emotional and behavioural challenges. Read more →
Baby Bonding for Parents and Carers
Baby Bonding is a very effective preventative and early help attachment programme for parents and carers, and their babies. Read more →
Heart to Heart for Parents and Carers
Heart to Heart is based on the latest attachment research which shows that supporting the parent-child attachment relationship sets the scene for the best outcomes for children right into adulthood. Read more →
Directory
Find an Attachment Play Practitioner
Our searchable directory of Attachment Play specialists lists our network of internationally licensed practitioners. (To apply to join our directory, please follow this link).
To renew your Attachment Play Practitioner license please click here
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