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To Develop the Sense of Activity Through Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study in Early Childhood

To Develop the Sense of Activity Through Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study in Early Childhood

Víctor del Toro Alonso, Mónica Jiménez-Astudillo, Pilar Gutiez-Cuevas
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799825036|ISBN10: 1799825035|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799825043|EISBN13: 9781799825050
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2503-6.ch010
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del Toro Alonso, Víctor, et al. "To Develop the Sense of Activity Through Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study in Early Childhood." International Perspectives on Modern Developments in Early Childhood Education, edited by Cristina A. Huertas-Abril and María Elena Gómez-Parra, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 174-195. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2503-6.ch010

APA

del Toro Alonso, V., Jiménez-Astudillo, M., & Gutiez-Cuevas, P. (2020). To Develop the Sense of Activity Through Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study in Early Childhood. In C. Huertas-Abril & M. Gómez-Parra (Eds.), International Perspectives on Modern Developments in Early Childhood Education (pp. 174-195). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2503-6.ch010

Chicago

del Toro Alonso, Víctor, Mónica Jiménez-Astudillo, and Pilar Gutiez-Cuevas. "To Develop the Sense of Activity Through Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study in Early Childhood." In International Perspectives on Modern Developments in Early Childhood Education, edited by Cristina A. Huertas-Abril and María Elena Gómez-Parra, 174-195. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2503-6.ch010

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Abstract

Play is an ideal tool for enhancing the development of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is important to know their possibilities and to develop play activities that permit the special educational needs of these children to be addressed in an adequate way. Therefore, a case study is presented with two children and a two-year follow-up period during which the authors observe which aspects the development has evolved and if it is possible to increase the sense of the activity in these children using play as an educational response. The results are accompanied by an in-depth interview with the teachers of the students over the two-year period. An improvement in areas of development is evidenced in the social, communicative, symbolic, and anticipation and flexibilization dimensions during the two years immersed in a play methodology, supported by the structuring of routines and task spaces. Also, an evolution of the sense of the activity and the development of functional play is observed.

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