CH7 Quiz

19. 20. Which is not true of the outcome of the inclusion approach of integrating special needs children into classrooms with typically developing children? a. Children with special needs are usually completely accepted by other children. When entering a playgroup, children with disabilities are often a. overly direct and even disruptive. True or False 10. 10. False. Children with visual impairments have very little interest in playing. True. Even if they are free of specific intellectual impairments, children with language deficits have difficulty with symbolic play. False. Young children with hearing difficulties prefer cooperative make-believe play to solitary play. True. Children with intellectual deficits seem to get less pleasure from toys than do typically developing children. False. Asperger’s syndrome is characterized by social difficulties, repetitive behaviors, and significant communication problems. False. A “theory of mind” refers to the ability to recognize the faulty logic in one’s own thinking. True. Compared to typical children, children with autism are less likely to engage in complex toy play and less likely to use toys appropriately. True. When they are included in groups with typically developing children, the play of special children is more sophisticated than when they are placed in separate settings. False. When a child plays with dolls in sexual ways, this is almost always an indicator that the child has been a victim of sexual abuse. True. Hospitalization is often so stressful an experience for young children that it can actually delay recovery. One of the most striking differences in play between blind and sighted children is that children with limited vision engage in greater amounts of solitary play. Young children with hearing difficulties engage in lesser amounts of cooperative make-believe play. Children with cognitive deficits seem to be interested in the physical rather than the representational characteristics of objects. The specific emotional disorder that has received the most attention from researchers in terms of its impact on play is autism. The classic “Sally and Anne” study is an example of a false belief experiment, which is the most widely used task to indicate the presence of a theory of mind. Children with autism rarely engage in symbolic play, and when they attempt to do so they are less successful than the typically developing child. Children with autism have difficulty with joint attention, which is coordinated looking at toys and people, showing toys to others or pointing to events and objects. The greatest period of expansion of hospital play programs occurred during the decades of the 1960 and 1070s. The goal of a diversionary play program is to encourage children not to think about being in a hospital. The objective of child life hospital play programs is to reduce children’s anxiety, as well as that of their families, and to help them maintain their self-esteem throughout the hospital experience.