This means that parents can make an appointment with the staff at the centre and visit the play centre together with their children. Research in this field is very limited and few studies have been conducted especially with regard to the opportunities and obstacles to use computers in a constructive way. The computer play centres are non-demanding, amusing service functions offered to families with children and adolescents. Computers are still regarded as powerful tools and the faith of computers have for many years been highly evaluated as problem solvers. Today a change is visible and the view of computers and the benefits are perhaps more realistic.
Technology has no place without pedagogy.
Parents often have high expectations on computers as tools for training skills, but not very often for play. There is also a difference between parents and professionals expectations concerning the benefits of computers and what computers can be used for. The overall aim of this project was to increase the knowledge of children s use of computers. The aim was to highlight the expectations and experiences of parents of children with disabilities by focusing on opportunities and obstacles in use. The longitudinal project consisted of six sub-studies and were conducted by interviews with parents and staff, with observations of children s play, and questionnaires answered by parents and staff.