School Playground Intervention for Children With Disabilities Creates Play Capabilities and Shifts Adult Perspectives

Sterman, Julia; Villeneuve, Michelle; Bundy, Anita; Wyver, Shirley

Abstract

Five schools participated in the Sydney Playground Project to increase choice, control, and inclusion of students with disabilities on the school playground. The intervention served as a catalyst to challenge teacher perceptions of children’s disabilities and increase children’s capabilities.

Citation

Sterman, J., Villeneuve, M., Bundy, A., & Wyver, S. School Playground Intervention for Children With Disabilities Creates Play Capabilities and Shifts Adult Perspectives

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Abstract
• Acceptance Date: Sep 16, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Aug 1, 2020
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Nov 18, 2021
• Journal: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy
• Print ISSN: 0272-9490
• Electronic ISSN: 1943-7676
• Publisher: American Occupational Therapy Association
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 4_Supplement_1
• Pages: 7411515445p1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74s1-po8122
• Keywords: Occupational Therapy
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2822732