Have you ever wondered if you could make recovering from a brain injury fun? Attendees will understand the importance of using play within pediatric brain injury rehabilitation. Explore past and current research supporting play as a modality and hear multidisciplinary anecdotal evidence from two therapists working at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital's National Center for Children's Rehabilitation in Washington, D.C.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to verbalize the importance of play as a modality in pediatric brain injury rehabilitation.
2. Participants will be able to identify three types of pediatric play interventions.
3. Participants will be able to provide rationale for play-based multidisciplinary co-treatment sessions within inpatient rehabilitation.