A Longitudinal Study of Pretend Play in Autism

@article{citeulike:1412683, abstract = {Abstract\ \ This study describes a longitudinal design (following subjects described in Rutherford \& Rogers [2003, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder, 33, 289–302]) to test for predictors of pretend play competence in a group of children with autism. We tested the hypothesis that developmental change in pretend play performance can be predicted by earlier measures of either executive function, intersubjectivity, imitation, or general development. Participants at the time of follow-up testing were 28 children with autistic disorder (mean chronological age (CA) 57.6\ months), 18 children with other developmental disorders (mean CA 59.0\ months), and 27 typically developing children (mean CA 30.1\ months). Children with autism were profoundly delayed given both competence (prompted) measures as well as performance (spontaneous) measures. Joint attention at time\ 1 strongly and uniquely predicted pretend play development.}, author = {Rutherford, M. and Young, Gregory and Hepburn, Susan and Rogers, Sally }, citeulike-article-id = {1412683}, journal = {Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders}, keywords = {autism, play}, month = {July}, number = {6}, pages = {1024--1039}, posted-at = {2008-04-01 06:20:48}, priority = {2}, title = {A Longitudinal Study of Pretend Play in Autism}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0240-9}, volume = {37}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1412683 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1412683 TI - A Longitudinal Study of Pretend Play in Autism JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders VL - 37 IS - 6 SP - 1024 EP - 1039 N2 - Abstract  This study describes a longitudinal design (following subjects described in Rutherford & Rogers [2003, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder, 33, 289–302]) to test for predictors of pretend play competence in a group of children with autism. We tested the hypothesis that developmental change in pretend play performance can be predicted by earlier measures of either executive function, intersubjectivity, imitation, or general development. Participants at the time of follow-up testing were 28 children with autistic disorder (mean chronological age (CA) 57.6 months), 18 children with other developmental disorders (mean CA 59.0 months), and 27 typically developing children (mean CA 30.1 months). Children with autism were profoundly delayed given both competence (prompted) measures as well as performance (spontaneous) measures. Joint attention at time 1 strongly and uniquely predicted pretend play development. KW - autism KW - play AU - Rutherford, M AU - Young, Gregory AU - Hepburn, Susan AU - Rogers, Sally PY - 2007/07/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0240-9 ER -