12 Occupational Therapy Perspective on Play for the Sake of Play

Ray-Kaeser, Sylvie; Lynch, Helen

doi:10.1515/9783110522143-014

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“…Frequently, measures are of readily observable social skills or children's behavior from the perspective of a parent or teacher, rather than a child's play ability (McAloney and Stagnitti 2009). Observation of unstructured play in a natural play context would support an accurate and authentic assessment (Ray-Kaeser and Lynch 2017). This assessment would be reliant on the assessor's definition and reporting of play skills to assure valid and reliable results and comparisons across individuals, context, and studies (Ray-Kaeser and Lynch 2017).…”

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Improve Play Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kent¹,

Cordier

Joosten

et al. 2019

Rev J Autism Dev Disord

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Improve Play Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kent¹,

Cordier

Joosten

et al. 2019

Rev J Autism Dev Disord

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“…Play is critical to the child's development, learning, and overall well‐being (Ray‐Kaeser & Lynch, 2018). Warm Indian grandparents often describe their interactions with grandchildren within the context of “play” and “companionship.” These grandparents also illustrated autonomy supportive practices in coaching grandchildren in peer selection.…”

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“…Play is critical to the child's development, learning, and overall well-being (Ray-Kaeser & Lynch, 2018). Warm Indian grandparents often describe their interactions with grandchildren within the context of "play" and "companionship."…”

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The contributions of grandparents to preadolescent grandchildren's social skills in rural Malaysia

Tan,

Gan,

Cheah

et al. 2024

J of Research on Adolesc

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This study aimed to generate localized knowledge by investigating the perceptions and experiences of preadolescent grandchildren and grandparents regarding grandparenting and intergenerational interactions and how these processes were related to the social skills of preadolescents from three ethnic groups in Malaysia. Using a concurrent quantitative–qualitative mixed method research design, Chinese, Malay, and Indian preadolescents (N = 465; ages 9–12 years old; M = 10.27 years; SD = 1.03) from rural areas in Malaysia completed a self‐administered quantitative survey; furthermore, 25 grandparents participated in one‐on‐one interviews. Survey findings showed that preadolescent grandchildren who reported higher grandparental warmth and support had greater social skills, mediated by positive grandparent–grandchildren (GP–GC) relationships. The GP–GC relationship and preadolescent social skills association was stronger for skipped generation compared to three‐generation households. Interview findings revealed that grandparents expressed unconditional love and autonomy support in their grandparenting roles by guiding and encouraging their preadolescent grandchildren to make decisions. The GP–GC interactions served as a dynamic force in promoting preadolescents' social skills. By employing a decolonized approach and drawing on the lived experiences of grandparents from three ethnic backgrounds in rural Malaysia, the study provided an understanding of grandparenting practices and their general implications across the three ethnic groups. The interview responses highlighted both commonalities and specificities in grandparenting practices and relationship dynamics shaped by religious, class, and sociocultural dimensions in rural Malaysia.

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“…Occupational therapists promote play participation opportunities for children presenting with physical, developmental, and psychosocial challenges (Ray-Kaeser & Lynch, 2017). The term play-based occupational therapy was coined by Rodger and Ziviani (1999) to reflect this.…”

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“…Indeed, surveys in the United States and in Europe, examining therapists' perspectives of play-based occupational therapy typically identified that the most common use of play was for remediation of other skills and play itself was rarely recognized as the target goal (Lynch et al, 2017;Miller Kuhaneck et al, 2013). Further analysis of how play-based occupational therapy is adopted in practice led to the identification of the continuum of play in practice model that moves from therapist-initiated to child-initiated play (Ray-Kaeser & Lynch, 2017). In most cases, play-based occupational therapy rarely addresses child-initiated play occupation as a distinct goal.…”

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Children's Play–Work Occupation Continuum: Play-Based Occupational Therapy, Play Therapy and Playwork

Brown¹,

Lynch²

2022

Can J Occup Ther

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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.

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12 Occupational Therapy Perspective on Play for the Sake of Play

Cited by 7 publications

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Improve Play Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Improve Play Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The contributions of grandparents to preadolescent grandchildren's social skills in rural Malaysia

Children's Play–Work Occupation Continuum: Play-Based Occupational Therapy, Play Therapy and Playwork

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