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stayed more than 20%. Adaptation of the playground, for its part, resulted in a small increase
of Lucas’ positive peer interaction and was quite consistent. With the intervention
(Condition C) Lucas stayed significantly longer in the Music Hut (range 50% to 100%). The
positive peer interaction in the Music Hut increased significantly after the intervention was
introduced although, it was very variable across days. During the peer-mediated intervention
(Condition D), Lucas’ stay in the Music Hut decreased a little and was less stable (range:
82.5% to 100%). In the peer-mediated intervention (Condition D), positive peer interaction
appeared to be similar to the previous condition. The percentage of positive peer interaction
was still at a very high level.
(5) Play and Engagement
Play and engagement with material and equipment was defined as actively
manipulating material and using the equipment in a meaningful way. In Condition A and B,
Ben’s, Phillip’s and Lucas’ percentage of play and engagement with material and equipment
was on a low level and variable across days. In Condition C and D, their play and
engagement abruptly increased to a very high level while variability continued to be hallmark
of postvention reading. Eric’s play and engagement was very variable across all Conditions,
and in Condition A on a higher level than the other children’s play and engagement.