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Playing to Create New Ways of Playing: A Child with Prader–Willi Syndrome

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This investigation evaluates the possibility of constructing new ways of playing for a child with Prader–Willi syndrome, by means of occupational therapy. It is a qualitative study which makes use of the case study methodology, whose starting point is the clinical intervention as data collect field. It also presents a short revision of the literature to subside discussions and reflections. It was observed that through the playing experience the occupational therapist led the child to know his own limitations and possibilities, by making him discover new ways of doing activities. Observing the therapist and learning with her, the patient experienced different situations throughout the therapeutic relationship, what enabled him to experiment them in his everyday life. Finally, this study aims at showing the clinical reasoning of an occupational therapist with a view to demonstrate Brazilian therapeutical conduct.

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Notes

  1. Transitional object—something constituted in external reality. A concrete object, for example: a blanket, a teddy bear, which represents the mother while she is absent, and helps the child to bear his/her mother’s absence (Winnicott (1971/1975).

  2. Transitional phenomena—everything that happens between the child and the mother in the intermediate space between internal and external reality Winnicott (1971/1975).

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To Felipe and his parents. The authors are grateful for their valuable contribution to this study.

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  1. Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Marisa Takatori

  2. São Camilo University Center, São Paulo, Brazil

    Marisa Takatori

  3. R. Cônego Eugênio Leite, 873, ap. 91, Pinheiros, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05414-012, Brazil

    Marisa Takatori

  4. APAE (Association of Parents and Friends of the Handicapped, São Paulo), São Paulo, Brazil

    Milena Oshiro

  5. Rua Ana Ribeiro, 16-Casa Verde, São Paulo, São Paulo, 02536-010, Brazil

    Milena Oshiro

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Takatori, M., Oshiro, M. Playing to Create New Ways of Playing: A Child with Prader–Willi Syndrome. J Dev Phys Disabil 21, 139–152 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-009-9132-1

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