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- Title
Children's Play–Work Occupation Continuum: Play-Based Occupational Therapy, Play Therapy and Playwork.
- Authors
Brown, Ted; Lynch, Helen
- Abstract
Introduction: Occupational therapists often use play-based approaches to facilitate children's occupational development and promote participation, for example, play-based occupational therapy, play therapy and playwork. However, where does play occupation fit, within these adult-guided play-based approaches in occupational therapy? Purpose: To examine and discuss the play–work occupation continuum of children to inform occupational therapy practice. Key Issues: Children's play occupations are free-selected, unstructured, internally-controlled, spontaneous and intrinsically-motivated. Yet, occupational therapists often utilize play as a therapeutic modality to support occupational development for occupations other than play. This use of play represents play-based work occupations as they are structured, externally-controlled, adult-guided, goal-focused and extrinsically-motivated. Play occupations then move from being authentic free-play to adult-guided play-based work occupations for children. Implications: When working with children and families, occupational therapists need to balance the use of self-selected, unstructured play occupations with the application of adult-guided, structured, goal-focused play-based work occupations.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL therapy for children; SOCIAL support; CHILD development; PEDIATRICS; PLAY; OCCUPATIONAL therapy services; PLAY therapy; GOAL (Psychology)
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023, Vol 90, Issue 3, p249
- ISSN
0008-4174
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00084174221130165