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Sociodramatic play is where children act out imaginary situations and stories and become different characters, they also pretend they are in different locations and times. For example, if a child is playing during recess with their friends they may play nurse and patient with each other where one of them dresses and acts like a nurse while the other pretends to be the patient.

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Rough and tumble play is when children do certain things like wrestle, climb over each other, pretending to fight, and rolling around. An example of this would be two kids play fighting with each other or boxing.

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Supporting children with special needs using rough and tumble play

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Supporting children with special needs using rough and tumble play

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Buchannan and Johnson (2009) examined play among toddlers who experience disability in order to gain information about the patterns and importance of play among diverse populations. In order to engage in this the children will need some support from teachers and would have to set boundaries for them. Engaging in different levels of rough play benefits the child because then they can overcome certain fears they have and test their own limits in a fun way and with a teachers or adults supervision.

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Supporting children with special needs using Sociodramatic Play

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Supporting children with special needs using Sociodramatic Play

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There are many things that Sociodramatic play can help with even though some kids may struggle with certain things like not wanting to socialize and talk to others. It has been said that play and social skills are common areas explicitly targeted in behavioral intervention for children with ASD, different ways to involve kids with autism is to get a teacher to set up a group game where everyone can be involved. Another way could also be to show them a video of a child playing in a certain way or setting and then giving them the opportunity to also do it after watching.

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Rough and Tumble play is crucial in a Childs development for many reasons. 

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Rough and Tumble play is crucial in a Childs development for many reasons. 

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Rough and Tumble play is very important because it helps children set boundaries, learn more about their own strength and abilities when comparing to other children, as well as learning about self-control.
Social development- This play also requires them to show social skills of competition and cooperation like wrestling or even playing a game of tug of war with a group.
Emotional development- This play allows children to show concern and care for another person when playing certain games that might lead to a child getting injured by falling or maybe by getting hit somewhere by accident.
Physical development- This type of play helps children realize their own strengths by testing not only their limits but whomever else they are playing with as well as staying active and rolling around. For example a chasing game can help develop new skills as well as exercising their bodies.
Cognitive development- Children will independently correct themselves and get better at problem solving so they can continue to play.
Language development- This play helps a Childs language development, if a child is playing a game of tag they practice calling out to someone they are tagging or even them responding to their teammates which can work for many other games as well.

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Playing chasing games
Wrestling
Tickling
Piggyback ride
Tag
Hide and seek tag
Climbing
Dancing
Xbox Kinect games like football

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Sociodramatic play is crucial in a Childs development for many reasons. 

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Sociodramatic play is crucial in a Childs development for many reasons. 

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Sociodramatic play helps children in a variety of ways, not only does it help broaden their language by having them play out different roles but it also helps them solve problems using language and movement. When they act out certain scenarios and take on different characters it teaches them so much more about life and how to overcome difficult situations.
Social and language Development- This type of play provides different ways of communicating with other people, playing teacher for example is a great way to practice not only your language skills but also a Childs social skills.
Emotional and Cognitive Development- This play helps boost the development of problem-solving and self-regulation skills in different ways. For example, a child could be playing a game with other people where not everyone can have what they want which causes the problem. This will then lead to managing ones own emotion and talking about a way to solve this problem.
Physical Development- This play makes physical development fun because of certain activities like fitting a doll's arm through her jacket sleeves are really good for hand-coordination. Another example would be pretending to ride a pony and galloping around helps with gross motor development and coordination.

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Sociodramatic play ideas- For teachers and parents!

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Sociodramatic play ideas- For teachers and parents!

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Doctor's office/ Hospital- patient folder, pretend x-rays, clipboards for taking notes, visual schedule for booking appointments

Restaurant/ Café- menus, signs for restaurant/café name and foods/drinks, cash register, book for noting books, clipboard for taking orders

Grocery Store- notepads, pencil/pens and paper for shopping lists, paper for receipts, cardboard for making signs/labels for foods, and specials

Hardware store- price tags, labels, pencils/pens, paper for shopping lists, signs, measuring tape, notepads, visual instructions, , brochures, catalogues, and booklets

Aquarium/Zoo/Vet- signs for animals, diagrams of animals, notepads for vet or zookeepers, brochures

Camping- map, trail signs, compass, tent instructions, labels on pretend food, sticks for writing/drawing in the earth.

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https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1186&context=thesis
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8367&context=etd
https://therapyfocus.org.au/on-the-blog/the-benefits-of-imaginative-play/
https://www.ucy.ac.cy/nursery/documents/Agrio_Pexnidi_sta_Nipia.pdf
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/professionals/learning/ecliteracy/interactingwithothers/Pages/sociodramaticplay.aspx#:~:text=Page%20Content,in%20different%20locations%20and%20times.
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/professionals/learning/ecliteracy/emergentliteracy/Pages/sociodramaticplay.aspx