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Article: Play behavior of hearing impaired children: integrated and segregated settings.
- Article from:
- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- February 1, 1989
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ABSTRACT: The free-play behavior of young hearing impaired children in integrated and segrated settings was compared using a multielement baseline design. Two children, aged 3 and 5, were observed using momentary time sampling of their play as they alternated from one setting to the other. Data were collected in each setting for various categories of play behavior. The categories were derived from the classic play categories of Parten and Smilansky. Results indicate that the children engaged in more socially advanced play in the integrated setting. F] Since 1975, legislative and legal mandates have resulted in the placement of increasing numbers of young handicapped ...