Ayres (1972), and more recently Parham et al. (2011) in their Fidelity Measure, reminded practitioners that therapy based on the principles of sensory integration theory is set in the context of play. But creating playful therapy can be difficult. Further, not all play meets the criteria for sensory integrative therapy. In this session, we will explore play from the perspective of sensory integration theory and examine ways to create play in therapy by consciously adjusting the various elements that comprise play.
Anita C Bundy, ScD, OT/L, FAOTA, FOTARA
Prof Anita Bundy is Department Head in Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University; she has an honorary appointment at the University of Sydney in Australia where she worked full time for 13 years. For more than 40 years, Anita has conducted research into assessing and promoting children’s play. She has a particular interest in “risky play” as a way of helping children learn who they are and what they are capable of doing and in helping adults balance dignity of risk with duty of care. She developed two play-related assessments to help professionals promote play as the primary occupation of children: the Test of Playfulness (ToP) and the Test of Environmental Supportiveness (TOES) available in, Play in Occupational Therapy for Children, a textbook edited by Diane Parham and Linda Fazio and published by Mosby. Together with Amiya Waldman-Levi, she recently co-authored the Parent/Caregiver Support of Children’s Playfulness (PC-SCP) published by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
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