ERIC Number: EJ802650
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
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Teaching Pretend Play to Children with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
Barton, Erin E.; Wolery, Mark
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v28 n2 p109-125 2008
The purpose of this study was to analyze literature regarding interventions for promoting pretend play in children with disabilities. Sixteen studies were found using experimental designs to evaluate pretend play interventions with children with disabilities. The results were analyzed across the targeted pretense behaviors, participants, materials, settings, interventions, levels of prompting, and rigor of the studies. Interventions were moderately effective, although methodological limitations affected experimental rigor, the types of conclusions that could be drawn, and evidence for practice. Implications for future research emerged and are described. (Contains 8 tables.)
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Preschool Children, Generalization, Play, Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Imagination, Peer Teaching, Intervention, Prompting, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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