The use of the Child Initiated Pretend Play Assessment - ChIPPA: a scoping review

Abstract

Introduction

Playing is an important child occupation, and its assessment should be part of the therapeutic process to analyze the child's occupational performance and plan interventions based on this occupation. The Child-Initiated Play Make-A-Play Assessment (ChIPPA) has already been translated, cross-culturally adapted, and validated for the Brazilian population.

Objective

To review the scope of ChIPPA and identify how it has been described and addressed in national and international literature.

Method

Between January and June 2021, articles were searched in the PubMed, Scopus, BVS, ERIC, CINAHL, Web of Science, and PsycInfo databases, using search strategies with different syntaxes according to the method of each. basis: Chippa OR “Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment”, ChIPPA OR “Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment” OR “Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment” OR “Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment”, Chippa OR “Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment” AND Publication Type: Journal.

Results

25 articles were found, between 2000 and 2021, 971 children between 3 and 12 years of age, with typical and atypical development, developed in analytical observational (cross-sectional and cohort) and experimental studies; methodological (validation of the instrument and cultural adaptation of the instrument); and descriptive.

Conclusion

The ChiPPA has been described in the literature as an assessment that allows correlating pretend to play with preschoolers' verbal, social, academic, and sensory processing skills. It is a practical, valid, and reliable outcome measure, allowing the assessment of typical and atypical children in different contexts and countries, including Brazil.

Keywords:
Occupational Therapy; Play; and Playthings; Evaluation of Results of Therapeutic Interventions; Literature Review