Computer play centres for children with disabilities.
For all children play is the leading and dominating activity in childhood and essential in child development. Many children with severe disabilities have limited opportunities to play and need support. Computer play can be a good support in habilitation/rehabilitation of children who have not earlier been able to play independently. Eight pilot computer play centres were started in Sweden in 1992 and since then the number of centres has increased. The target group was children with disabilities on the level before reading and writing. This brief report is a description of the computer play centres and the first three activity years.
Department of Human Development, Learning and Special Education, Stockholm Institute of Education, Sweden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010988:Play and Playthings; D013548:Sweden