{"title":"Can an intensive professional development on play change child care providers’ perspectives and practice on play?","authors":"Myae Han, Martha J. Buell, Di Liu, Annette Pic","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209239","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Early childhood teachers need knowledge and skills to support play and learning. However, the child care workforce often has limited or no preservice training on play, relying instead on in-service training. With policy shifts towards a standards-driven curriculum in the U.S., there is limited in-service play training available, creating a need for high quality in-service training on play. This study introduces a model of intensive professional development (PD) on play – a group workshop coupled with a group coaching model – implemented in the Mid-Atlantic area in the U.S. The play training focused on three areas: self-active play experience, the knowledge and skills needed to support children's learning through play. The group coaching component included feedback on self-recorded video practice and an opportunity for participants to share reflections on supporting play with each other and the coaches. We conducted an interview study with the participants about their perspectives on play and practice after the intensive PD. Qualitative data analysis revealed that: (1) all participants changed their perspectives on play after the play PD; (2) participants implemented strategies from the training and supported more play in practice; and (3) despite increased knowledge and skills, participants continued to experience challenges when implementing play strategies.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"29 1","pages":"175 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89492390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring synergies between playwork as reflexive practice and constructivist grounded theory","authors":"A. Long","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209235","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Charmaz, K. (2014). Constructing grounded theory (2nd ed.). SAGE. (p. 344) suggests that ‘a reflexive stance informs how the researcher conducts his or her research, relates to the research participants and represents them in written reports’. As playworkers, we position ourselves outside of children’s play, as observers looking in, often, though not always, trying to make sense of what we observe. How we interpret children’s play, our interventions and those of our peers and colleagues, is influenced by our own lived experiences, our biographies and the history we bring to the play setting. This article explores the place of reflexivity in playwork and proposes that when researching children’s play from a playwork perspective a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach responds to some of the unique characteristics of playwork and the ambiguity of children’s play.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"35 1","pages":"243 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75742339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Heshmati, Khalil Esmailpour, Rasoul Hajsaghati, Fereshteh Azizi Barenji
{"title":"The effect of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) on the symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder in preschool children","authors":"R. Heshmati, Khalil Esmailpour, Rasoul Hajsaghati, Fereshteh Azizi Barenji","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209240","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the effect of child-centered play therapy (CCPT) on the symptoms of ODD in preschool children. In this quasi-experimental study, using a randomized pretest, posttest, follow-up (RPPF) design with a control group, 24 children in the age range of 5-7 years were selected based on the cut off point of CSI-4 and were randomly assigned into two equal groups of experimental and control (n = 12 each). The experimental group underwent CCPT intervention for 12 weeks, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using the repeated measures ANOVA. The results showed a significant difference between the intervention and control groups in the symptoms of ODD (P < 0.05), so that CCPT intervention could reduce the symptoms of ODD in preschool children. Comparison of the scores of the evaluation stages showed that the symptoms were continuously decreasing in the experimental group in the 6-month follow-up. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that CCPT is an effective method to reduce the symptoms of ODD in preschool children. Therefore, it is recommended that this method be used for preschool children with ODD in educational institutions and psychological clinics.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"14 1","pages":"193 - 205"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80111643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Village in the woods","authors":"Annescia Rollins","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"22 1","pages":"272 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82336363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Play","authors":"J. Gardner","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2202456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2202456","url":null,"abstract":"Her dad’s unusual ability to keep playing like a child, as well as his choice to resist adults’ rules, made him a memorable playmate. AsWalls andher siblings grewolder, her parents’ refusal to accept rules andboundariesmade daily life very difficult. After strenuous effort, the children broken away from their parents and started lives of their own within more conventional boundaries. One spring day in New York City, while on her way to a party in a taxi,Walls saw her mother pulling trash out of a dumpster. Feeling embarrassed and sad, she asked the taxi driver to take her home to Park Avenue. Later, when she told her mother how uncomfortable she felt, her mother said, ‘Your father and I are who we are. Accept it’ (5). She also said that her daughter should tell the truth. Walls takes her mother’s advice and tells the truth about her family’s challenges and joys. She thanks her mother for believing in art and truth and her father for dreaming big dreams. Although she does not thank her parents for letting her play as freely as she wanted to, it is clear that this freedom was crucial. After playing with fire, creating ‘nuclear fuel,’ and fighting lettuce wars, she felt strong enough to handle whatever else might come up. Like Brian Sutton-Smith, she remembered her wild childhood play and made it part of her work. Her father, both a play companion and a giver of stars, gave her a kind of inspiration that is good to keep in mind as our new year moves forward.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"20 1","pages":"276 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88737875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inhibition and incongruence: mother child play in the context of domestic abuse","authors":"Ceri Westcott","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209245","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There is a considerable body of literature exploring both domestic abuse and play, yet only minimal research linking these factors. This study set out to investigate how experiencing domestic abuse affects play between mothers and children and what might be the implications of this for practitioners. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted via videoconference with three cisgender white-British mothers aged 45–50 with children who had grown up in households where there was domestic abuse. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. All the mothers valued play but in the context of domestic abuse play and playfulness were inhibited. The research suggests that it is useful for practitioners to think of domestic abuse as a cause of play deprivation and that for clients who have experienced domestic abuse there may be value in taking work into the outdoors. The research also suggested the potential for using a play history as an assessment tool. Follow-up studies to gather children’s perspectives would be useful.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"12 2 1","pages":"257 - 271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81039441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Being and becoming a play therapist; play therapy in practice","authors":"Laura Walsh","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2202980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2202980","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"14 1","pages":"279 - 282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84084635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between school-age children’s perceptions of their playfulness and interoceptive awareness: an exploratory study","authors":"Laura House, T. Brown, Mong-lin Yu","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209241","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Playfulness is a key element in determining the play quality of children and interoceptive awareness (IA) has the potential to influence a range of elements of children’s play. IA refers to a person’s conscious perception of his/her internal bodily processes. This study investigated the association between school-age children’s perceptions of their IA and aspects of their playfulness. Thirty typically developing children aged between eight and 12 years completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness-Youth (MAIA-y), Child Self-Report Playfulness (CSRP) scale and the Children’s Perception of Their Play (CPTP) scale. Data were analysed using Spearman rho correlations and linear regressions with bootstrapping. The MAIA-y Self-Regulation subscale was predictive of the CSRP total scale score, accounting for 9.3% of its variance (p < 0.05). The MAIA-y Not-Distracting subscale was a significant predictor of the CPTP Social Play subscale, accounting for 18.1% of its variance (p = .011). The MAIA-y Emotional Awareness subscale was found to be a significant predictor of the CPTP Free Time subscale, accounting for 15.4% of its variance (p = .018). These findings provide some preliminary evidence about the relationship between school-age children’s perceptions of their playfulness and interoceptive awareness. This provides valuable insights for therapists, educators and health professionals working with children.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"5 1","pages":"224 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80999617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. D. Fajardo-Tovar, Kelsey M. Graber, Sabilah Eboo Alwani, N. Kirby, L. Oxley, Sara Baker, P. Ramchandani
{"title":"Playing with change: insights and lessons from researching play during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"D. D. Fajardo-Tovar, Kelsey M. Graber, Sabilah Eboo Alwani, N. Kirby, L. Oxley, Sara Baker, P. Ramchandani","doi":"10.1080/21594937.2023.2209237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2023.2209237","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 The COVID-19 pandemic presented widespread disruption to our day-to-day lives and our ongoing and planned research projects at the PEDAL Centre. As the situation unfolded, it was necessary to rapidly adapt our projects to ensure continuity of work and delivery of outcomes. These adaptations were initially quick-thinking responses to huge challenges; however, upon reflection, it became clear that important lessons would be learned from these experiences. This paper uses the 6Cs framework (Golinkoff & Hirsh-Pasek, 2016) to describe what we retrospectively learned from adjusting our research programmes to the unprecedented COVID-19 circumstances. We illustrate how a ‘playful’ mindset and its characteristics were key to overcoming the challenges faced. Furthermore, we provide insights that can be considered as we move forward after the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":52149,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Play","volume":"1 1","pages":"143 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88688344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}