Selecting Play Activities Through Sound Professional Reasoning

Authors

Elissa Cunningham, Constellation School Based Therapy, Norwalk, CT
Heather Miller Kuhaneck, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

After reading this chapter, the reader will:

• Articulate sound professional reasoning for selecting appropriate play activities.
• Describe how occupational therapy models, pediatric frames of reference, activity analysis, and occupational analysis each contribute to play activity selection.
• Select play activities that are the “just-right-challenge” through sound professional reasoning.

Comments

The full text ebook is available to authorized Sacred Heart University users.

ISBN

9781284194661 (ebook); 9781284194654 (print)

Recommended Citation

Cunningham, E., & Kuhaneck, H. M. (2023). Selecting play activities through sound professional reasoning. In H. M. Kuhaneck & S. L. Spitzer, S. L. (Eds.), Making play just right: Unleashing the power of play in occupational therapy (2nd ed., pp. 197-211). Jones & Bartlett Learning.