극놀이 역할 참여가 시각장애 유아의 사회적 상호작용에 미치는 효과

Abstract

This study was to examine how the social interaction with peers is changed when a young child with visual impairment who has problems for the social interaction participates in a dramatic play. Specific questions were as follows: First, what are the effects of role-participation in dramatic play on the social interaction among the subject's behaviors? Second, is the social interaction changed in dramatic play maintained? The subject was a young girl with visual impairment, who was 4.1 years old and enrolled in a preschool year of the school for the blind. The result of this study is summarized as follows: First, the role-participation in the dramatic play of the young child with visual impairment effectively affects the positive improvement of social interactions: helping, suggesting, and sharing. Second, showing that the social interaction increased by the intervention of dramatic play is maintained after the intervention was withdrawn. It proves that the role-participation in dramatic play effectively affects the social interaction of the young child with visual impairment. In conclusion, it can be said that the role-participation in dramatic play brings the effects of intervention and it is effective in improving and maintaining the positive effects of social interactions.