I find this so tricky! It can be so challenging to give a child free time to just play, particularly if you are completing an assessment, or feel the need to 'optimise' the limited session time that you have by spending more time practicing the goal and less time in play. Having play nicely built within the goal activity helps to balance and integrate these things. But it's not an easy thing to have a play-based activity that allows for free independent play while achieving adequate dose/practice of the desired task/goal.
It would be so interesting to look at play fidelity alongside the Evidence-Based Practice Fidelity Tool (Jackman et al., 2025). Can you achieve perfect fidelity of both in a therapy approach/session? I know that it would be hard for me to do consistently well, but a great thing to work towards!
It would be so interesting to look at play fidelity alongside the Evidence-Based Practice Fidelity Tool (Jackman et al., 2025). Can you achieve perfect fidelity of both in a therapy approach/session? I know that it would be hard for me to do consistently well, but a great thing to work towards!