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Reframing Risk: Working with Caregivers of Children with Disabilities to Promote Risk-Taking in Play

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posted on 2023-09-01, 14:43 authored by Patricia Grady-Dominguez, Kristina Ihrig, Shelley Lane, Jennifer Aberle, Kassia Beetham, Jo Ragen, Grace Spencer, Julia Sterman, Paul Tranter, Shirley Wyver, Anita Bundy
Risky play is invigorating, challenging play with uncertain outcomes that optimizes children's development, health, and everyday well-being and creates opportunities to develop decision-making skills in low-consequence contexts, experience positive feelings such as confidence and courage, and enjoy health-promoting physical activity. Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities to engage in risky play, often because of the intervention of well-intentioned adults. In this paper, we define and examine the benefits of risky play for children with and without disabilities. Then, we examine the role of caregivers in “gatekeeping” risky play opportunities. We present two novel instruments that allow practitioners to assess caregivers' tolerance of risky play: the Tolerance of Risk in Play Scale-Revised (TRiPS-R) and the Tolerance of Risk in Play Scale-Teacher (T-TRiPS). We describe the results of psychometric analyses of these instruments, demonstrating evidence for construct validity and internal reliability of data collected using these instruments. Finally, we encourage practitioners who work with children with disabilities to employ these tools to promote risky play for the children they serve.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

59

Page range

1-45

Publication title

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities

ISSN

2211-6095

Publisher

Elsevier

Title of book

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2020-10-26

Legacy creation date

2020-10-26

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care

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