The effect of medical/therapeutic clowns on the playfulness of children with intellectual disabilities
| Autor: | Rinat Feniger‐Schaal, Amitai Stern, Einat Elizarov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 36:186-195 |
| ISSN: | 1468-3148 1360-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.13049 |
| Popis: | Play is an essential component of children's development. Children with intellectual disability tend to have poor socioemotional abilities and impaired play. This study examined the effects of a medical/therapeutic clowning play intervention on the playfulness of children with intellectual disability.Two medical clowns facilitated a play intervention in a preschool classroom setting with a total of 52 children with intellectual disability. We compared before and after two groups that received the intervention: group 1 met the medical clowns once a week for 6 months (long-intervention group) and group 2 for 3 months (short intervention group). Children's functioning was assessed using the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales. Children's playfulness was scored using the Test of Playfulness observational assessment. A teachers' focus- group was used to gather additional information on the clowns' work.Children's playfulness increased significantly at the end of the intervention, whereas the improvement in the playfulness scores of group 1 was significantly larger than those of group 2 (tThe results shed light on the play and playfulness of children with intellectual disability and the possible contribution of a clowning play intervention to their development. |
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