Getting into the Same Boat – Enabling the Realization of the Disabled Child’s Agency in Adult–Child Play Interaction

The purpose of this study was to find out how an adult can enable or hinder the realization of a disabled child’s agency in play interaction. We focused on the child’s play invitations, which were constructed as dispreferred by the adult. The data consisted of nine videotaped playing situations with...

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Main Authors: Johanna Olli, Sanna Salanterä, Liisa Karlsson, Tanja Vehkakoski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2021-10-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/790
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description The purpose of this study was to find out how an adult can enable or hinder the realization of a disabled child’s agency in play interaction. We focused on the child’s play invitations, which were constructed as dispreferred by the adult. The data consisted of nine videotaped playing situations with five nurses and five disabled children in a children’s neurological ward. The microanalysis with interventionist applied conversation analysis focused on one playing situation between one nurse and one three-year-old boy with no spoken language. The nurse responded to the child’s play invitations constructed as dispreferred by her in three different ways. Two of them were about trying to control the situation, either through managing the child’s behaviour or by guiding the plot of the play. The third way of responding was negotiating through dialogical playing, which enabled the realization of the child’s agency. The findings can be utilized widely for developing child-centred practices.
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spelling doaj.art-a0f05ef0bab24c7a8c707d1873cc86862023-04-21T12:59:43ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1745-30112021-10-0123127228310.16993/sjdr.790361Getting into the Same Boat – Enabling the Realization of the Disabled Child’s Agency in Adult–Child Play InteractionJohanna Olli0Sanna Salanterä1Liisa Karlsson2Tanja Vehkakoski3University of TurkuUniversity of TurkuUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of JyväskyläThe purpose of this study was to find out how an adult can enable or hinder the realization of a disabled child’s agency in play interaction. We focused on the child’s play invitations, which were constructed as dispreferred by the adult. The data consisted of nine videotaped playing situations with five nurses and five disabled children in a children’s neurological ward. The microanalysis with interventionist applied conversation analysis focused on one playing situation between one nurse and one three-year-old boy with no spoken language. The nurse responded to the child’s play invitations constructed as dispreferred by her in three different ways. Two of them were about trying to control the situation, either through managing the child’s behaviour or by guiding the plot of the play. The third way of responding was negotiating through dialogical playing, which enabled the realization of the child’s agency. The findings can be utilized widely for developing child-centred practices.https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/790adult–child relationshipagencydisabled childrennonverbal communicationplay
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Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
adult–child relationship
agency
disabled children
nonverbal communication
play
title Getting into the Same Boat – Enabling the Realization of the Disabled Child’s Agency in Adult–Child Play Interaction
title_full Getting into the Same Boat – Enabling the Realization of the Disabled Child’s Agency in Adult–Child Play Interaction
title_fullStr Getting into the Same Boat – Enabling the Realization of the Disabled Child’s Agency in Adult–Child Play Interaction
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title_short Getting into the Same Boat – Enabling the Realization of the Disabled Child’s Agency in Adult–Child Play Interaction
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agency
disabled children
nonverbal communication
play
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