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Direct linkDoernberg, Ellen A.; Russ, Sandra W.; Dimitropoulos, Anastasia – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by socio-emotional deficits, and difficulties with pretend play skills. Play skills are related to processes of adaptive functioning and emotion understanding. The present pilot study implemented an in-person pretend play intervention to school-aged children (ages 6 to 9 years,…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention
Woodard, Cooper R.; Van Reet, Jennifer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2011
Past research has focused on pretend play in infants with autism because it is considered an early manifestation of symbolic or imaginative thinking. Contradictory research findings have challenged the meta-representational model. The intent of this paper is to propose that pretend play is the behavioral manifestation of developing imaginative…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Autism, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedRutherford, M. D.; Rogers, Sally J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2003
A study examined the cognitive underpinnings of spontaneous and prompted pretend play in 28 children with autism (ages 2-3), 24 children with developmental disorders, and 26 controls (ages 1-3). Children with autism were significantly delayed on pretend play scores. They also had significant deficits in a theory of mind measure. (Contains…
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Delays
