2018
DOI: 10.15453/2168-6408.1283
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Understanding Therapists’ Use of Play with Children with Life-Threatening Conditions: A Qualitative Study

Abstract: Background: This study examined how occupational therapists use play in their treatments when working with children with life-threatening conditions. Methods: This narrative qualitative study used an interpretive phenomenological approach to data analysis. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with each therapist; interviews were designed to gather an understanding of how these occupational therapists work with children with life-threatening conditions and the ways in which they use play. Results: Fo… Show more

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“…Graber et al (2020) notice that significant gaps remain in understanding the effects that restrictive circumstances to play, including lockdown conditions, may have on children's health and education. Understanding the history of play as a means of healing and joy during adversity (Bambrick et al, 2018;Boucher et al, 2014;Casey & McKendrick, 2023), coupled with the currently precarious state of play, necessitates attempts at understanding what one may learn about community care for play from its occurrences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite many play-advocates' work and community interventions made in an attempt to support children's active play, Canadian national survey results demonstrate that as a consequence of the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, children were overall playing less outside than they did before the outbreak of the pandemic (Moore et al, 2020), which could potentially have both short-and long-term effects on children and their well being (Lannoy et al, 2020;Puccinelli et al, 2021;Tremblay et al, 2015).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Graber et al (2020) notice that significant gaps remain in understanding the effects that restrictive circumstances to play, including lockdown conditions, may have on children's health and education. Understanding the history of play as a means of healing and joy during adversity (Bambrick et al, 2018;Boucher et al, 2014;Casey & McKendrick, 2023), coupled with the currently precarious state of play, necessitates attempts at understanding what one may learn about community care for play from its occurrences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite many play-advocates' work and community interventions made in an attempt to support children's active play, Canadian national survey results demonstrate that as a consequence of the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, children were overall playing less outside than they did before the outbreak of the pandemic (Moore et al, 2020), which could potentially have both short-and long-term effects on children and their well being (Lannoy et al, 2020;Puccinelli et al, 2021;Tremblay et al, 2015).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%