NASHVILLE, TN / TORONTO, CANADA / STAMFORD, CT / LA, CA – Big news in the world of children’s emotional well-being!

The Moodsters Children’s Foundation and PlaySpace Health are pleased to announce a collaboration that will expand The Moodsters to healthcare providers, educators, parents, and practitioners through PlaySpace Health’s compliant digital interactive platform. This collaboration will extend The Moodsters’ extensive portfolio of evidence-based toys, research, storybooks, and Guidelines for Grownups educational content, online.

“For more than 35 years, The Moodsters have been helping children navigate the world of emotions and resilience,” said Denise Daniels, RN, MS, Creator and Founder of The Moodsters Children’s Foundation. “These colorful characters are effective because they speak the language of children – PLAY! Our partnership with PlaySpace Health represents an exciting new chapter — the ability to engage with our characters and curriculum in virtual and in-person, digital play therapy environments. Together, we can reach more children who need help understanding and managing powerful emotions like sadness, fear, anger, love, happiness, anxiety, and hope. The Moodsters’ proprietary curriculum was developed in collaboration with Marc Brackett, PhD, and Robin Stern, PhD, and aligns closely with the RULER™ model from The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.”

“PlaySpace was built to solve the engagement gap that mental health providers face with children, and The Moodsters are a perfect fit for this Mission,” said Matt Cohen, CEO of PlaySpace Health. “The Moodsters represent exactly the kind of trusted, evidence-based content that therapists, educators, and healthcare professionals need. We are honored to collaborate with The Moodsters Children’s Foundation to create interactive experiences designed specifically for safe, compliant pediatric settings. The Moodsters’ interactive content and emotional literacy resources will be woven into animation on the PlaySpace virtual platform, giving children access to fun, age-appropriate, and gamified digital activities that encourage emotional awareness, self-expression, and healthy coping skills. Mental health professionals will incorporate The Moodster characters into customized, individualized virtual therapy and counseling sessions.”

Patti Becker, CEO and Founder of Becker Associates LLC and Licensing Agent for The Moodsters, adds, “We’re thrilled about the opportunity to combine The Moodsters rich multimedia content portfolio developed over decades of clinical work with children in crisis settings, and other assets — including colorful, interactive plush characters, toys, games, books, and therapeutic worksheets, with PlaySpace’s fun, personalized, gamified, online play therapy sessions. We will be meeting with potential licensees at the upcoming Nuremberg and NY Toy Fairs.

ABOUT THE MOODSTERS CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION
The Moodsters Children’s Foundation is dedicated to the emotional well-being and resilience of young children. Based on decades of scientific research on children’s health, emotional well-being, and resilience, the award-winning Moodsters leverage the skills and experience of their clinical experts to provide children with the emotional building blocks to thrive at home, in school, on the playground, and throughout life! Created by childhood development expert Denise Daniels, RN, MS, The Moodsters have been providing accessible, science-based content on well-being for children—and for their parents, caregivers, teachers, and professionals—for more than 35 years. To learn more, visit themoodsterschildrensfoundation.org.

ABOUT PLAYSPACE HEALTH
PlaySpace Health is a HIPAA-compliant platform that makes virtual and in-person therapy sessions engaging and effective for children, adolescents, and neurodivergent adults. PlaySpace, is revolutionizing mental health care by supporting therapists and mental health providers with customizable virtual engagement resources and proprietary content creation tools including personalized playrooms, AI-powered tools, sand tray therapy, games, art activities, and therapeutic worksheets. PlaySpace maintains SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliance and operates across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Founded in 2021, PlaySpace is a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Health Canada Inc. To learn more, visit playspace.health.

ABOUT BECKER ASSOCIATES LLC
Becker Associates is an award-winning IP licensing and brand management agency that provides international licensing and distribution in the infant, preschool, and toy industries. Becker Associates also works in the apparel, pet, gift, and media industries. Together with Anjar Co. LLC, Becker Associates has licensed more than 1,500 products and their licensees have sold $2.5+ billion of fun to children around the world. Anjar & Becker Associates were pleased to receive the MOJO 100 Award for the sixth year in a row; this award acknowledges the 100 most influential figures in the Toy Industry. To learn more, visit BeckerAssociates.com.

ABOUT KAUFMAN LICENSING
Kaufman Licensing is a licensing consultant for PlaySpace Health. The agency is dedicated to delivering strategic, future-focused solutions across licensing advisory services, licensing representation, kids and family content development, retail development, eCommerce and thought leadership.