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Saral, Dincer; Ulke-Kurkcuoglu, Burcu – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
We examined the effects of the least-to-most prompting (LTM) procedure with contingent imitation (CI) on increasing the frequency and diversity of pretend play in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a multiple probe across toy sets single-case research design. Three children with ASD ages 5 to 6 years took part in the study. LTM was…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Play, Imagination
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Doernberg, 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
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Lee, Gabrielle T.; Hu, Xiaoyi; Liu, Yanhong; Yang, Zijin – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often lack symbolic play skills. Attribution of pretend properties (APP) is a type of symbolic play in which a child tacts pretend properties of an object (e.g., smelling a toy flower and saying, "It smells like a rose!"). Three Chinese boys (5-6 years of age) with ASD served as participants.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Males, Autism
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Wannenburg, Nicola; van Niekerk, Roelf – Research in Drama Education, 2019
This paper engages with the medically established view that individuals with autism are not capable of play or being imaginative. This paper resists this idea by reflecting on psychobiographical research conducted on the life of Temple Grandin. By re-witnessing creative experiences in her life, dialogue surrounding the imaginative capacities of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Imagination, Play
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Lee, Gabrielle T.; Xu, Sheng; Guo, Shufang; Gilic, Lina; Pu, Yunhuan; Xu, Jiacheng – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Symbolic play skills are important in language acquisition and child development. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulties demonstrating such play behaviors. Imaginary objects symbolic play refers to play behavior in which children perform play actions without actual objects. Three boys with ASD (3-7 years) participated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Imagination, Play, Symbolic Learning
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Dalgin-Eyiip, Ozlem; Ulke-Kurkcuoglu, Burcu – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of using video-enhanced activity schedules on a laptop on the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of schedule following, and pretend play skills in children with ASD. In addition, social validity data were collected from the teachers and the mothers of the participating children. Four…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Learning Activities, Play
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Barton, Erin E.; Choi, Gounah; Mauldin, Evelyn G. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2019
Children with disabilities demonstrate fewer complex pretend play behaviors than children with typical development, which might limit their social participation in early childhood settings. A multiple-probe design was used to examine the relation between a single prompt procedure--constant time delay--and the acquisition, maintenance, and…
Descriptors: Play, Imagination, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Davis, Paige E.; Simon, Haley; Meins, Elizabeth; Robins, Diana L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
One of the deficits observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is impaired imaginative play. One form of imaginative play common in many typically developing (TD) children is having an imaginary companion (IC). The occurrence of ICs has not been investigated extensively in children with ASD. We examined differences in parent report of IC between…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Children, Play
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Beadle-Brown, Julie; Wilkinson, David; Richardson, Lisa; Shaughnessy, Nicola; Trimingham, Melissa; Leigh, Jennifer; Whelton, Beckie; Himmerich, Julian – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
We report the feasibility of a novel, school-based intervention, coined 'Imagining Autism', in which children with autism engage with drama practitioners though participatory play and improvisation in a themed multi-sensory 'pod' resembling a portable, tent-like structure. A total of 22 children, aged 7-12 years, from three UK schools engaged in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Drama, Intervention
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Zyga, Olena; Russ, Sandra; Ievers-Landis, Carolyn E.; Dimitropoulos, Anastasia – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including pervasive social deficits. While play impairments in ASD are well documented, play abilities in PWS have not been evaluated. Fourteen children with PWS and ten children with ASD were administered the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Mental Retardation, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Campbell, Susan B.; Leezenbaum, Nina B.; Mahoney, Amanda S.; Moore, Elizabeth L.; Brownell, Celia A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Toddlers with an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and low risk (LR) toddlers with typically-developing older siblings were observed during free play with a parent and elicited pretend with an examiner at 22-months. Functional and pretend play, children's social engagement, and parent sensitivity were assessed during free play.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toddlers, Play
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Wieder, Serena – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
Symbolic play is a powerful vehicle for supporting emotional development and communication. It embraces all developmental capacities. This article describes how symbols are formed and how emotional themes are symbolized whereby children reveal their understanding of the world, their feelings and relationships, and how they see themselves in the…
Descriptors: Play, Emotional Response, Models, Child Development
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Dupere, Sally; MacDonald, Rebecca P. F.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Children with autism often engage in repetitive play with little variation in the actions performed or items used. This study examined the use of video modeling with scripted substitutable loops on children's pretend play with trained and untrained characters. Three young children with autism were shown a video model of scripted toy play that…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Behavior Problems, Play
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Sani-Bozkurt, Sunagul; Ozen, Arzu – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
This study aimed to examine whether or not there was any difference in the effectiveness and efficiency of the presentation of video modeling interventions using peer and adult models in teaching pretend play skills to children with ASD and to examine the views of parents about the study. Participants were two boys and one girl, aged 5-6 years…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Modeling (Psychology), Children
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Ulke-Kurkcuoglu, Burcu – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study is to compare effectiveness and efficiency of least-to-most prompting and video modeling for teaching pretend play skills to children with autism spectrum disorder. The adapted alternating treatment model, a single-subject design, was used in the study. Three students, one girl and two boys, between the ages of 5-6…
Descriptors: Prompting, Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Play
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