Serenella Besio, Daniela Bulgarelli and Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinova ( Eds. ) EVALUATION OF CHILDREN’S PLAY. TOOLS AND METHODS Serenella Besio, Daniela Bulgarelli and Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinova ( Eds. ) EVALUATION OF CHILDREN’S PLAY TOOLS AND METHODS www.degruyter.com ISBN 978-3-11-061057-4 This book is one of the results of the COST Action TD139 “LUDI – Play for Children with Disabilities“ (2014–2018), a multidisciplinary network of European researchers and practitioners working on the theme of play from their particular expertise and complementary perspectives. This book brings on the LUDI reflection about play, reviewing the existing knowledge with respect to play evaluation and presenting tools and methodologies for the assessment of play. DE GRUYTER Serenella Besio, is Full Professor of Special education. Her main research concerns also the use of educa- tional and assistive technologies for persons with disabilities, cultures and representations of disability in the media and the arts. Daniela Bulgarelli is a developmental psycho- logist. Her main research concerns also the develop- ment of communication, both in typical and atypical populations, and the efect of early child care on children’s cognitive and linguistic outcomes. Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinova is Associate Professor in Child Mental Health. Her publications in the feld concern early childhood development, mental health promotion, and child abuse and neglect-prevention and interventions.