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Effects of play-based therapeutic interprofessional programs for children with developmental disabilities.

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  • María del Pilar Saa Comité de Integración y Procesamiento Sensorial de AOTA
  • Sheryl Rosin IHP at Mass General Hospital
  • Andreina Pavone SOS therapy en cuidad de Guatemala
Vol. 20 No. 2 (2020): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2020.60537

Abstract

This work is the continuation of an article published in 2020 in the Argentine Journal of Occupational Therapy describing an interprofessional and therapeutic group program based on play (PITBJ) for children with developmental disabilities (Rosin, Saa and Pavone, 2020). The purpose of this article is to analyze the effects that participation in two PITBJ had on 12 children aged 18 months to 4 years through two studies. The first, a pre and post test study, where 7 children were evaluated on their motor and cognitive skills, as well as their functional development levels. The second used a single case design, in which 5 discrete behavioral measures were taken from 5 children in the initial and in the intervention phase. The results showed a positive trend that the PITBJs increase the levels of functional development, adaptive, motor and cognitive skills in the children studied, and supports the results of similar studies previously published (Imperatore, Chang, Gutiérrez, & Gunter, 2016 and Acuña, Gutiérrez, and Imperatore, 2020), highlighting the importance of early detection and intervention using programs with these characteristics. Furthermore, this study sheds light on the feasibility of implementing PTIBJs in the Latin American population with positive results.

Keywords:

Developmental disabilities, early intervention, interdisciplinary research, occupational therapy.

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Saa, M. del P., Rosin, S., & Pavone, A. (2020). Effects of play-based therapeutic interprofessional programs for children with developmental disabilities. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 20(2), 59–71. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2020.60537
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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