About
An approach, and a collaboration.
Keren Rosenbaum developed and practices The Playground Approach across therapy, education, organizations, the arts, and communities. Miriam Ben-Oz serves as Academic and Therapeutic Consultant and co-authored the Human Development manuscript with her.
Read the Human Development article →Academic Director and Course Facilitator
Keren Rosenbaum
Keren Rosenbaum is a mother, composer, conductor, performer, crossdisciplinary researcher, educator, and group facilitator. Her work brings composition and listening into artistic, educational, therapeutic, and community settings. She developed Reflexive Music, the Reflex Invisible Score notation technique, and The Playground Approach, and founded the REFLEX Ensemble and Composing Community Global Organization. Her research with Miriam Ben-Oz examines questions arising from the practice, including communication and participation with autistic and other neurodivergent people.
International collaborations have included
- Goethe Institute
- Musicians Without Borders
- Al Akhawayn University
- University of the Arts Helsinki
- Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Academic and Therapeutic Consultant
Miriam Ben-Oz, MSW
Miriam Ben-Oz, MSW, is a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and senior supervisor. She is co-author, with Keren Rosenbaum, of the Human Development manuscript and serves as Academic and Therapeutic Consultant, bringing a clinical perspective to the articulation of The Playground Approach. The practice described in the manuscript’s vignette was conducted by Keren Rosenbaum with the therapist.
Wider work
Related applications.
The approach also informs Executive Playground, an application for leadership and organizational settings. For inquiries from teams and professional networks, please use the organizational inquiry.
Organizational inquiryPeople
Keren Rosenbaum
Founder and Creator of the Playground Approach (ALP)
Dganit Raize Freiman
Executive Director
Kiki Ylimutka
Director of Executive Playgrounds
Isabel Taurel
Director of Educational Playgrounds