Abstract
Games can be an ideal tool to stimulate the development of children aged 0 to 6 years with West syndrome (Del Toro, 2013). This study aims to provide an overview of intervention through play in children with epileptic encephalopathies, starting with knowledge of its development and ending with an intervention model for this population. Research is presented that was conducted with 53 children with epileptic encephalopathies and aimed at generating scientific knowledge about the features of play development among such children and basic aspects to present a suitable educational response in keeping with their needs. This descriptive approach follows a non-experimental expost- facto type methodology and data was captured using the poll technique. A playbased intervention is also presented in the form of a case study comparing the development of children who have worked with this play-based program and those who have not. The results show that pupils with epileptic encephalopathy that have followed a play-based program have better motor, linguistic and cognitive development.
Highlights
West syndrome is a type of epileptic encephalopathy that appears at early ages and affects the general development of the child
It is essential to understand the extent to which children suffering from epileptic encephalopathies develop play skills, and to propose a model for playbased intervention in order to offer this population adequate attention from an early age
Regarded the aforesaid descriptive study, we could highlight that: a) more students in the sample suffer from epileptic encephalopathies with West syndrome, and intellectual and motor disability; b) more students in the sample with epileptic encephalopathies have received or are receiving some kind of early childhood care, most of whom started such therapy in their first year of life; c) children in the sample with epileptic encephalopathies have a limited ability to develop imitative, functional and symbolic play
Summary
West syndrome is a type of epileptic encephalopathy that appears at early ages and affects the general development of the child. It mainly involves the appearance of learning difficulties, as well as cognitive, social interaction and communicative difficulties, or behavioural problems (Chapple & Kinsella, 2019; Besag & Vasey, 2019; Van Campen et al, 2015). Child spasms are crucial for the diagnosis of the syndrome. These crises are characterized by short flexion, extension and mixed axial contractions, the latter being the most common (Pavone, Striano, Falsaperla, Pavone & Ruggieri, 2014)
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