Date: 27-03-2024

Interview with Zsuzsa Laszlo: the ISSA Network’s Persona Doll learning community

Zsuzsa Laszlo an experienced Persona Doll Certified Trainer, shares her valuable insights, providing a deeper understanding of this approach.

Date: 29-08-2023

Role models in the early years: Young Roma Teachers in Bulgaria

In July 2023, ISSA Member, the Trust for Social Achievement held a Peer Learning Activity on "Role models in early childhood" in Lukovit, Bulgaria.

Date: 02-09-2021

Peer Learning Activities 2020 - A Conversation with An Raes

Artevelde University of Applied Science provided concrete tools in their Peer Learning Activity aimed at highlighting the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration and implementing a whole-family approach in early childhood services.

Date: 23-07-2021

Peer Learning Activities 2020 - A conversation with Gillian Cante

Many recent neurological studies have shown that violent and malicious educational practices impact a child’s emotional development and self-esteem. Questioning, defining, and understanding them in order modify our reactions becomes essential. This is the topic addressed in the Peer Learning Activity (PLA)* entitled Gentle violence and ordinary educational violence: Tackling the issue and fostering children’s development of self-esteem and identity.

Date: 22-07-2021

Peer Learning Activities 2020 - A Conversation with Zsuzsa László

The Persona Doll Method is a practical approach to help children talk about emotions and feelings in early childhood settings. The dolls help children express their feelings and worries, think critically, develop empathy, and challenge unfair treatment.

Date: 31-03-2021

ISSA’s Professional Development Opportunities Boost Kosova Education Center’s Shift to an Advocacy Organization

As a result of a professional development opportunity offered under ISSA’s initiative REYN, the Kosova Education Center has made a programmatic shift by including advocacy in their work, vision and mission.

Handout for Persona Doll - for practitioners



This handout presents in brief the Persona Dolls methodology and provides a brief and concise overview of how we can create a doll with personality, the main rules for making the dolls, the steps that need to be taken in advance, the main phases of a persona dolls session and some story examples

The WANDA Method: Overview and Steps Forward



This resource summarizes the contents of the Peer Learning Activity (PLA) among ISSA members during 5 years, which focused on the WANDA methodology.

Date: 06-03-2019

NEWS - PLA Time! Send in Your Peer Learning Proposals!

As every year, we invite our members to take advantage of the knowledge and expertise in our network! Peer Learning Activities (PLA’s) remain highly valued by all members.

Date: 10-02-2019

Out Now - The 2018 Peer Learning Activity Overview

The things we learn together enrich our knowledge and our sense of unity. For this reason, ISSA members consider the Peer Learning Activities (PLAs) one of the greatest benefits of the membership.