Teaching Symbolic Play Skills to Children with Autism Using Pivotal Response Training.

Stahmer, Aubyn C.

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ERIC Number: EJ508333

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Publication Date: 1995

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Teaching Symbolic Play Skills to Children with Autism Using Pivotal Response Training.

Stahmer, Aubyn C.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v25 n2 p123-41 Apr 1995

Seven children (ages 4 to 7) with autism were taught to engage in symbolic play using Pivotal Response Training. Children with autism rarely exhibited symbolic play before training, but after training they learned to perform complex and creative symbolic play at levels similar to that of language-matched controls. Interaction skills also improved after training. (Author/SW)

Descriptors: Autism, Child Behavior, Early Childhood Education, Pretend Play, Skill Development, Social Behavior, Social Development, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/84064

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