The Social Play Record: A Toolkit for Assessing and Developing Social Play from Infancy to Adolescence
Book Details
- Publisher : Jessica Kingsley
- Published : 2006
- Category :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Catalogue No : 23206
- ISBN 13 : 9781843104001
- ISBN 10 : 1843104008
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The toolkit is divided into user-friendly sections, including:
* a guidance section, which also gives information on what constitutes social play, its significance, development and how to address social interaction difficulties
* an assessment section for recording stages of social play and key abilities, such as independent and peer play, friendship and advanced group skills
* an intervention section, which gives step-by-step directions for developing key social play skills.
Parents, teachers and professionals working with or caring for a child with social interaction difficulties will find this toolkit an essential assessment resource.
Contents:
Assessment Booklet. Introduction: What is The Social Play Record? PART I: The SPR Assessment User Guide. 1.1. The SPR Assessment: An Overview. 1.2. The Recording Sheets. 1.3. The Home Comments Sheet. 1.4. The Practitioner Rating of Peer Relationships. 1.5. The Peer Preferences Chart. 1.6. The Friends Questionnaire. 1.7. Scoring the SPR Assessment. 1.8. Planning Intervention. PART II: Links to Intervention. 2.1. How it All Fits Together. 2.2. Early Social Play. 2.3. Unoccupied or Preoccupied. 2.4. Independent Play. 2.5. Peer Play. 2.6. Advanced Group Play. 2.7. Friendship Skills. Conclusion. References. Appendix1: Worked Examples. Appendix 2: Ideas and Templates. Appendix 3: Small Steps Chart. Appendix 4: Theory and Research. 4.1. What is Social Play? 4.2. Social Play and Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. 4.3. How the Social Play Record was developed.