- Length
- Three days
- Licence
- International World Game Practitioner
- Languages
- English internationally, Dutch in the Netherlands
- Included
- The official World Game, manuals, course material, membership licence, access to the international platform and, if desired, a listing on our website
What you learn
Because the World Game is administered non-verbally, it brings things to light that regular tests and conversations miss. While building a village, a child unconsciously signals their cognitive capacities, wellbeing and preferred way of processing information. It proves effective time and again with non-speaking children, language problems and children with a fear of failure.
Within a few minutes you gain non-verbal insight into:
- The cognitive aspect (intelligence): how the child explores the world around them
- The affective aspect (social and emotional): how the child experiences their world
- The pedagogical aspect (learning strategies): how the child handles their world
- Giftedness: how the child processes knowledge and new information
An observation list for giftedness, developed with Johnnie Rasmussen and Grith Tschorn (Gifted Institute DK) and professor Evelyn Kroesbergen (Radboud University), supports the non-verbal identification of cognitive abilities where regular IQ tests cannot be used because of communication or cultural barriers.
The three days
The international format is shown below. In the Netherlands the training runs as three module days (Signaling, Cognition, Intervision), with practice in your own setting in between.
Day 1 · Theory and signaling
The theory and scientific background of the World Game. Identifying social-emotional aspects and learning strategies (visual and verbal thinking). You build your own village to experience the material, and learn to observe and fill in the forms.
Day 2 · Practice with children
A practical day: you test and observe several pupils building with the World Game, then analyse their villages and learn to see what they tell you.
Day 3 · Cognition and giftedness
Identifying cognitive abilities in the World Game, and giftedness with the observation list. Evaluation and certification.
Who it is for
- Teachers and internal supervisors
- Teachers in secondary education
- Care coordinators
- School psychologists
- Therapists and coaches
- Speech therapists
- (Ortho)pedagogues
- Gifted education specialists
A Practitioner works with the World Game within their own school, organisation or practice, using what it shows as a supplement to their own information and guidance. The full individual educational assessment (IOO) with a report is taught in the Expert training.
Included
- Catering with lunch on all three days
- The official World Game
- The manuals Signaling with the World Game
- A membership licence as Practitioner World Game for the current school year
Your Practitioner licence
With full attendance, you receive the certificate and the Practitioner World Game membership licence for the current school year. This membership licence includes:
- If desired, a listing with your name and contact details on our website
- Access to the closed intervision days
- Access to the international closed intervision platform
- Unlimited guidance, feedback and advice on new assessments
- Use of the official logo
A licence year runs from August 1 to July 31. Renewal is optional: € 175, paid before July 15 (you receive the invoice in June). Without renewal you can still work with the World Game, but you are no longer affiliated, lose the right to feedback and no longer receive the year logo.
Upcoming dates
Choose a date and sign up directly. We ask for your CV with your registration.
These dates are given in Dutch, in the Netherlands. Signing up is only possible for Dutch speakers, through the Dutch version of this website.
Switch to the Dutch site- June 18, 2027AmsterdamSign up
- March 1, 2027CastricumVia the Dutch site
- March 19, 2027AmsterdamVia the Dutch site
The other levels
- Trainers
- Our trainings and study days are given by qualified, experienced trainers.
- Too few participants?
- At the latest two weeks before the start, you will be notified and can choose: move to the next date at the same location, or follow the training at another location.
- VAT
We are registered with the Centraal Register Kort Beroepsonderwijs (CRKBO) and are therefore VAT-exempt.
Good to know
Ready to become a Practitioner?
Pick a date and sign up, or join the waiting list for the next international cohort.