pedro encarnação: “ludi”- technology and play for children with disabilities
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• Slide Presentation for the lecture of: Pedro EncarnaçãoCatholic University of Portugal, Portugal
• Topic of lecture: “LUDI”- Technology and Play for Children with Disabilities
• The lecture was given at Beit Issie Shapiro’s 6th International Conference on Disabilities – Israel
• Year: 2015
In memory of Dr. Gert Jan Gelderblom
Presented at the 6th International Conference on Disabilities –
“Unity and Diversity in Action”Tel-Aviv, June 8, 2015
“LUDI”- Technology and Play for Children with Disabilities
IROMEC - Interactive RObotic social MEdiators as Companions
Social Robots in Care: from experiment to care practiceZuyd University of Applied Sciences, research group Technology in Care.
Acceptable robotiCs COMPanions for AgeiNg Years
AAATE: president-elect, editor of the AAATE journal
International Conference on Social robots in Therapy and Education
”……trusted and reliable colleague, collaborative and effective senior researcher, active promoter…..
….he has distinguished himself … for his leadership and effective mediation skills, as well as for his acute synthesis ability and talent to give impulse to the work…..”
Prof. Serenella BesioChair of the COST Action LUDI
LUDI – Play for Children with Disabilities
COST Action TD 13092014-2018
Pedro Encarnaçã[email protected]
+ COST IS…
The longest-running European framework supporting trans-national cooperation
COST does not fund research itself, but provides support for networking activities
+LUDI IS…
THE PAN-EUROPEAN NETWORK
DEVOTED TOTHE STUDY OF THE PLAY
OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
WHY THIS RESEARCH THEME?
Play is the most important engine of the child’s development
Play is also the most important context to establish friendships and to feel included in the peers’ group
In the case of children with disabilities, although they have some kind of impairment, they remain undoubtedly, first of all, children
There is no reason that in this case play can be considered less important than for other children
BUT…
The child with some kinds of impairment can meet difficulties in playing
Parents, professionals, teachers in this case are mainly interested in addressing rehabilitative objectives while other aspects of the “normal” life are confined to the background
Often these children’s parents are worried, anxious and are not able to play with them: they simply don’t know which toys they can offer or buy, how they can propose a play activity
AND…
The child’s development may suffer a slowdown or an arrest when he/she cannot play or is deprived of play
The lack of play experiences in inclusive ludic contexts can provoke serious limitations to the development of social abilities
FOR THESE REASONS WE HAVE BUILT A TRANSDISCIPLINARY
NETWORK
Because play of children with disabilities should be studied at the crossroads of many scientific disciplines
Because it involves the awareness and the collaboration of toy and game companies, technology developers, educators, teachers, rehabilitation professionals, medical doctors, jurists, policy makers…
…. SOLUTIONS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
Tools and technologies: from the capacity to suitably choose them to the possibility of modifying the design process
Models and methodologies of intervention: from the ability to involve the child in play activities to the competence in building inclusive play contexts
Spreading information and knowledge, sharing good practices, by involving stakeholders and associations
Increase in general awareness: changing policies, attitudes and including more precisely the needs of children with disabilities in Article 31 of the UN-CRC
LUDI ORGANIZATION
27 countries, 80+ persons Four Working Groups Management Committee Core Group Advisory Board Two general meetings / year. Core Group meets
also between general meetings
TECHNOLOGIES(ACCESSIBILITY, USABILITY)
PLAY ACTIVITIES(PLAY TYPOLOGIES)
Working Group 2 Tools and technologies for
the play of children with disabilitiesWorking Group
1Children’s play in relation to
the types of disabilities
IMPAIRMENTS
POLICIES
PLAY CONTEXTS AND RELATIONSHIPS
(ADULTS, PEERS)
Working Group 3
Contexts for play of children with disabilitiesRIGHTS Working Group
1
Working Group 4
Methods, tools and frameworks for the
development of the child with disabilities’ play
TRAINING MODEL
WG1: CHILDREN’S PLAY IN RELATION TO THE TYPES OF
DISABILITIES
LUDI adopted Garvey’s definition: “Play is a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment”
LUDI Classification of Types of PlayCognitive dimension Social dimension
Practice SolitarySymbolic Parallel
Constructive AssociativeGames with rules
(including videogames) Cooperative
WG2: TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PLAY OF CHILDREN WITH
DISABILITIES
Technology for play: application of knowledge coming from different scientific areas to develop devices, services, strategies, and practices to support play
Development of a database collecting a vast number of examples of technologies to support play
Examples of database records are: the use of robots to promote and support play descriptions of interventions to promote play or to
achieve a different functional goal through play use cases of toys (designed for all or adapted) description of the development of accessible
playgrounds
WG3: CONTEXTS FOR THE PLAY OF
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES Literature review on the enablers and the barriers
for disabled children’s play at home, in educational settings, in built and natural environments providing A narrative account of research in this area Identification of any research gaps or avenues for
further research into barriers and enablers to play for disabled children
Barriers identified include: physical, attitudinal, economic and political
WG4 : METHODS, TECHNOLOGY AND
FRAMEWORKS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
CHILD WITH DISABILITIES’ PLAY Bibliographic search revealed a limited number of
studies addressing children with disabilities needs in relation to play
A pilot survey is being conducted in Sweden, Finland and Lithuania
The survey will be replicated in more European countries aiming at characterizing the users’ needs in relation to play in Europe
LUDI LONG TERM GOALS...
Collect and systematize existing knowledge on play for children with disabilities
Provide guidelines / design rules for technology to support play for children with disabilities
Disseminate best practices and effective intervention models
Develop training methodologies for intervention and interdisciplinary action to support play for children with disabilitiesRaise
awareness to
the importa
nce of
play fo
r child
ren with
disabilit
ies
PLAY FOR CHILDRENWITH DISABILITIES
www.ludi-network.eu
Chair: Serenella Besio ([email protected])Vice-chair: Pedro Encarnação ([email protected])
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