Autism- Ch. 14 Flashcards
A less widely held view of play is that it serves an interpretative function in development. What does this mean?
Play is a medium that cause’s cognitive growth
The empirical bases for play as a developmental domain comes from what two sources of evidence?
a. The many descriptive studies of the play of children developing with and without disabilities contributed categories of development that could be sequenced to reveal progress in development.
b. Many descriptive studies provided evidence for systematic relationships between developments in play and developments in other domains, with particular attention to language and social development.
When comparing descriptive studies that examined play activities in children with developmental delays, what differences did they notice between them and typically developing peers?
Differences in the frequency and variety of play activities and a predominance of manipulative activities, pretend play and the typical activities of the preschool-aged child were limited and often nonexistent
Briefly describe how developmental assessment tools can be used to determine what play skills to teach?
a. Qualitative Procedures: Use of developmental play assessment which is based on developmental readiness, to learn qualitatively different categories of play activities can be determined.
b. Quantitative Procedures: Used to establish criteria for assessing a child’s progress in play.
What evidence is there that developmental specificity for targeting and teaching play activities is important?
Lifter and associates from 1993 and 2005 provided support for the importance of developmental specificity when targeting and teaching play activities
What are the two meanings of child-directed teaching?
a. First meaning: based on the child’s interests.
b. Second meaning: based on the child’s readiness to learn.
