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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Play assessment"”.
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Towards neurodiversity-informed understandings and diagnostic assessments of autism and autistic play
… understand and assess autism, including autistic play, away from a deficit-focused perspective, towards a neurodiversity-informed perspective. This is important for helping us to understand how to improve autistic people’s wellbeing and improve the way diagnostic assessments are carried out in …
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Live coding the Communication Complexity Scale: Validation of a clinically relevant observation tool
… through three participant variables and one assessment variable: communication level of the participant, age of the participant, severity of autism of the participant, and assessment task function (joint attention or behavior regulation). Participants included 42 children between three and 18 …
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Creating a World in the Sand: A Pilot Study of Normative Data for Employing the Sand Tray as a Diagnostic Tool With Children
This descriptive study was designed to evaluate the way in which children, normal children ages 9-10 approach and carry out the task of creating a ‘World’ in the sand tray. A clinical group comprised of abused and neglected children was evaluated to determine how they approached the task. Both …
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The Politics of Play: A Sociocultural Analysis of Play in the Context of State Preschool Standards
… supported through a century of research, play often is pushed out by a more formalized, academic curriculum. Under the direction of the No Child Left Behind Act (2002), and the Race to the Top' program, states have developed early learning standards to inform preschool teachers and direct …
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Maternal Social Anxiety, Verbal Information Transfer, and Child Play Representations in the Context of Starting School
… of school, then children completed a brief play assessment with a researcher involving ambiguous, school-based social scenarios. Mothers completed self-report questionnaires on social anxiety symptoms, general anxiety and depressive symptoms, fear of negative self-evaluation, and fear of …
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Toward a valid and reliable measure of play: the dimensions of play framework
While it is established that play is important for development, researchers do not have a measure that examines both play type and complexity. Existing measures are limited to examining play type without complexity, complexity of a specific play type, or ethnographic measures. Based on a …
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A naturalistic observation of the play behaviour of children with autism spectrum disorders /
Cognitive and social levels of play engaged in by four-to-eight-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders were examined in naturalistic classroom settings. In addition, play at home was compared with play at school via parent and educator interviews. Seventeen school-age children, their …
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Concurrent Validity of the Transdisciplinary Play Based Assessment-2
<p>Standardized assessment tools have been criticized for use with young children; however, there is limited empirical research supporting developmentally appropriate, play-based assessments. Forty children, with and without developmental disabilities, ages 10-73 months referred from the community …
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A Measurement System for Monitoring Play in Typically Developing Children and Children with Autism
… measurement system was developed to monitor play in children with autism and typically developing children. The study was conducted in a preschool operated in conjunction with a center-based program for children with autism. The development of the measurement system was based on observations …
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Research in the clinical setting : a qualitative study of the value of play research in the continuing education of occupational therapists.
Occupational therapists have always recognized playas an important part of a child's life. However, until recently play has been viewed as a medium for reaching treatment goals, rather than as an activity that is valuable in and of itself. If occupational therapists think of playas the primary …
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An exploratory study of emergent literacy development as demonstrated through play
… purpose of this study was to explore the use of play as a resource for examining children's emergent literacy development. Specifically the study addressed the following questions: 1. What types of emergent literacy demonstrations do children exhibit while playing in a literacy-enhanced …
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Assessing Optimal Sibling Training Conditions: An Empirical Approach.
… of the study was to investigate the effects of play materials on the interactions between a child with autism and her sibling. Three conditions were assessed: open choice, materials chosen by the child with autism, and materials chosen by the typically developing sibling. Within each activity, …
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The Play Behaviors of Young Children Exposed to a Traumatic Event
… between exposures to a traumatic event and play behaviors of child witnesses to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in 2001, using a subsample of 71 children from the NYC Young Children's Project (NYCYCP) interviewed 9-12 months after the event. Child Behavior Checklist broadband scales …
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A Longitudinal Examination of Biomechanical Balance and Quantitative Multidomain Assessments During Recovery Following Sport-Related Concussion
… or months after injury. Athletes who return to play (RTP) prematurely are at increased risk for lower extremity injury and repeated concussion injuries. Long-term, history of multiple concussions have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases. Due to these risks, concussion assessments must be …