Play and Playthings
Conditions
Keywords
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Mentoring, Play and Playthings
Brief summary
Children with special needs; experiences physical, behavioral, social, cognitive and emotional limitations. These limitations affect the child's play skills. They need to be supported and encouraged by their parents to enable them to participate in the game. Parental playing skills creativity, self-efficacy and active participation are important factors in this regard. In current studies, parents with special needs children; It is supported that there is a relationship between play, acting and parental self-efficacy. In this study, it was aimed to improve the skills of parents with special needs children to play games with their children multidimensionally and to develop these skills with individual-specific techniques. Detailed assessments will be carried out in order to determine the functional, cognitive and psychosocial skills of the parents. After the evaluation phase is completed, the scores of each parent will be analyzed and interpreted according to Occupational Therapy Models. Playing training will be given individually according to parameters such as strong and weak features, strong sensory system, personality traits, predisposition and defensive approaches.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPlay Skills Training
Each parent will be provided with play skills training that will support them to spend effective and meaningful time with their child. While planning the educational contents, an Occupational Therapy Model suitable for the parent and the child will be used. The process will be followed by giving unique recommendations to each parent. Recommendations given based on feedback will be revised.
Sponsors
Bezmialem Vakif University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Parents with children with special needs who want to participate in the study will be determined. The assessments will be applied to parents before and after play training. These trainings aim to develop the skills of playing games with their children.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
20 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Being a mother of a special needs child * The age of her child is 2-6 years * Being able to speak Turkish * Volunteer to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Have training in play therapy * Having a psychiatric or neurological disease that significantly affects cognitive status
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Playfulness Trait Scale | 2 mounths | The scale consists of 19 items. Each item falls under one of the three subscales: funseeking motivation, uninhibitedness and spontaneity. All items were randomly ordered and used seven-point likert scales with all points labeled (1= strongly disagree, 7= strongly agree). |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed