Discuss The Two Main Continuities In Children's Play

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Bruchy Endzweig Professor B. Harrison SPCL 7946 How do we know what children are struggling with? How do we learn the content of their inner lives and the accompanying feelings? How can we assess their capacity for change and growth- especially when working with children at different developmental levels? Chapter 1 “Nevertheless kids still want to be kids in their own way, and although they are generally willing to follow adult prescriptions, they also inhabit an independent, underground culture of self-devised play. And thus the two main continuities in children’s play are the quest for autonomy and the demonstration of creativity.”(pg 5) A sense of autonomy is the ability for a child