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Naples, Adam; Tenenbaum, Elena J.; Jones, Richard N.; Righi, Giulia; Sheinkopf, Stephen J.; Eigsti, Inge-Marie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Approximately 30% of autistic children are considered minimally verbal. The field lacks an efficient and reliable measure of communicative capacity among minimally verbal autistic children. Improved methods are needed to determine which children are at greatest risk for minimally verbal outcomes to better target interventions. Here, we present the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Communication Skills, Verbal Communication
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Fehr, Karla K.; Russ, Sandra W. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: Pretend play is an essential part of child development and adjustment. However, parents, teachers, and researchers debate the function of aggression in pretend play. Different models of aggression predict that the expression of aggression in play could either increase or decrease actual aggressive behavior. The current study…
Descriptors: Play, Aggression, Student Behavior, Imagination
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Raver, Sharon A.; Bobzien, Jonna; Richels, Corrin; Hester, Peggy; Anthony, Nicole – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
Children with profound hearing loss often do not have the same prelinguistic opportunities for social and communication interaction as peers with typical hearing and benefit from structured opportunities to learn these skills. This study examined the effect of two interventions to improve the communicative and social skills of four preschoolers…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Children