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Supervised Fieldwork Advisor, Course Instructor
Academic Interests
Child development
Child life
Clinical supervision
Emotionally responsive
Parents and play
Play therapy
Teaching
Some of the Values that Shape My Work
Transparency
Empathy
Joy
Play
Loose Parts
Unconditional positive regard
Collaboration
Learning new things
Emotional Responsiveness
Investment in people and learning
The developmental interaction approach
Learning through doing
Critical Feedback
Trusting the process
Empathy
Joy
Play
Loose Parts
Unconditional positive regard
Collaboration
Learning new things
Emotional Responsiveness
Investment in people and learning
The developmental interaction approach
Learning through doing
Critical Feedback
Trusting the process
Work with Families, Children, Schools, and Communities
Child Life Specialist Bellevue Hospital Center; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Support Group Facilitator, Big Apple Circus, Clown Care Unit
Play Therapist, Northside Center for Child Development
Social Worker, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Teacher, Karen Horney Clinic
Sunday School Teacher, Unitarian Church Of All Souls
Play Therapist, Northside Center for Child Development
Social Worker, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Teacher, Karen Horney Clinic
Sunday School Teacher, Unitarian Church Of All Souls
Selected Professional Development Work
Staff inservices at museums, and public and independent schools about child development; illness, loss and death; emotionally responsive teaching and play in early childhood classrooms. Presentations to the Child Life Council, Child Life of Greater New York and New York Association for Play Therapy on therapeutic play and compassion fatigue.
Educational Background
- MSW, Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University
- M.S., Bank Street College of Education
- B.A., Georgetown University
Selected Publications
- Vilas, D. (2009). Child life practice in hospitals. In N. Boyd Webb (Ed.), Helping children and adolescents with chronic and serious medical conditions: A strengths-based approach (pp. 73-88). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Livingstone, M. & Vilas, D. (2008). Private practice. In M. Hicks (Ed.), Child life beyond the hospital (pp. 193-211. Rockville, MD: Child Life Council.
- Vilas, D., (2006). Learning how to play: The development of a course on play techniques for child life specialists. Play Therapy, 1(1) 32-35.
- Vilas, D. (2004). Wings of a butterfly. In R. Carman (Ed.), Helping kids heal: 75 activities to help children recover from trauma and loss. Wilkes Barre, PA: The Bureau for At-Risk Youth.
- Vilas, D. (2001). Drawing for children. In H. Kaduson & C. Schaefer (Eds.), 101 more favorite play therapy techniques. (pp. 83-87). Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson.
- Vilas, D. (2000). Playing doctor: Mastery through play & preparation. APT Newsletter, 19 (4), 13-15.
- Vilas, D. (1994), Ichthyosis: A teacher’s manual (1st ed.). Raleigh, NC: FIRST.
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(212) 875-4653
dvilas@bankstreet.edu
610 W 112Th St # 611
New York, NY 10025-1898
New York, NY 10025-1898