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- Title
An investigation of the quality of pretend play ability in children with cerebral palsy.
- Authors
Santos, Daniela Medeiros; Lucisano, Renata Valdívia; Pfeifer, Luzia Iara
- Abstract
Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) describes a group of permanent disorders in the development of movement and posture due to non‐progressive disturbances during foetal or infant brain development that can result in activity limitations, including engagement in pretend play. Methods: Twenty children aged four to seven years with spastic CP participated in this descriptive qualitative study. The Child‐Initiated Pretend Play Assessment (ChIPPA) clinical observations were analysed from five categories: Time, Interaction with the examiner, Imitation, Theme and Story. Results: Seventy per cent (70%) of the children completed the assessment (Time), and 90% of children interacted socially with the examiner during the play (Interaction with the examiner). All children initiated their pretend play without requiring examiner demonstration (Imitation). Sixty per cent (60%) of the children were appropriate to their stage of development for Theme. Finally, 60% of the children set up a scenario, but did not develop a narrative (Story). Conclusion: Qualitative aspects of the children's pretend play performance were satisfactory, showing typical play indicators in all the categories, except for 'Story'. 'Story' represents more complexity in a child's pretend play ability. Therefore, a play intervention is suggested to stimulate and expand the pretend play ability of preschool children with CP.
- Subjects
CEREBRAL palsy; CHILD behavior; RESEARCH methodology; OCCUPATIONAL therapists; OCCUPATIONAL therapy; PLAY; RESEARCH funding; TIME; QUALITATIVE research; CLIENT relations; TASK performance; CROSS-sectional method; REHABILITATION of children with cerebral palsy; FUNCTIONAL assessment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2019, Vol 66, Issue 2, p210
- ISSN
0045-0766
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1440-1630.12539