Dender Alma, Stagnitti Karen
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, Australia.
Aust Occup Ther J. 2011 Feb;58(1):34-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2010.00905.x. Epub 2010 Nov 19.
BACKGROUND/AIM: There is a need for culturally appropriate assessments for Australian Indigenous children. This article reports the selection of culturally appropriate and gender-neutral play materials, and changes in administration identified to develop further the Indigenous Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment (I-ChIPPA).
Twenty-three typically developing children aged four to six years from the Pilbara region in Western Australia participated in the study. Children were presented with four sets of play materials and frequency counts were recorded for each time the child used one of the play materials in a pretend play action. Twelve of the 23 children came to play in pairs.
Both boys and girls used the Pilbara toy set including the dark coloured dolls and Pilbara region animals, more frequently than the standardised play materials from the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment (ChIPPA).
This study reports the first steps in the development of the I-ChIPPA. Future development will include the refinement of the administration and scoring with pairs of children, and then validity testing the assessment.
背景/目的：澳大利亚原住民儿童需要进行符合其文化背景的评估。本文报告了符合文化背景且无性别倾向的游戏材料的选择，以及为进一步完善原住民儿童自主发起的假装游戏评估（I-ChIPPA）而确定的实施过程中的变化。
来自西澳大利亚皮尔巴拉地区的23名4至6岁发育正常的儿童参与了该研究。向儿童展示了四组游戏材料，并记录儿童在假装游戏动作中每次使用其中一组游戏材料的频率计数。23名儿童中有12名成对前来玩耍。
男孩和女孩使用包括深色玩偶和皮尔巴拉地区动物的皮尔巴拉玩具套装的频率，高于儿童自主发起的假装游戏评估（ChIPPA）中的标准化游戏材料。
本研究报告了I-ChIPPA开发的第一步。未来的开发将包括完善对儿童对的管理和评分，然后对评估进行效度测试。
