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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.

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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 inquiry

People

  • 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