Children’s play behaviour and social communication in integrated special day-care groups
| Autor: | Nina Sajaniemi, Alisa Alijoki, Eira Suhonen, Mari Anneli Nislin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Early childhood education
4. Education media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Context (language use) Day care Self-control Interpersonal communication Special education Health Professions (miscellaneous) Structural equation modeling Education Developmental psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Early childhood Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Special Needs Education. 30:287-303 |
| ISSN: | 1469-591X 0885-6257 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08856257.2015.1009707 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to investigate children’s social communication abilities and play to reveal possible changes during a one year period in the context of Finnish early childhood special education. The data we collected during 2012–2013 consisted of assessments of play behaviour (Preschool Play Behavior Scale) and social communication (Assesment, Evaluation and Programming System for Infants and Children, AEPS) conducted by early childhood special education teachers. The participating children with (N = 89) and without (N = 124) special educational needs (SEN) were attending integrated special day care groups (N = 21) in the metropolitan area of Helsinki. The children’s SEN was divided into three types: language disorders, self-regulation and severe disabilities. Differences were examined by analysis of variance, and relations between variables were tested using the structural equation model techniques. Our primary results demonstrated statistically significant differences between children with and... |
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