Pretend play is a pervasive behavior that has attracted considerable attention over the past
decade. In the article, the research is reviewed in the context of the diverse theoretical …

The sequence of developments of pretend play behaviors between 8 and 30 months
exhibits a hierarchical order consistent with the theories of Piaget and Werner and Kaplan …

We use a new model of metarepresentational development to predict a cognitive deficit
which could explain a crucial component of the social impairment in childhood autism. One …

One of the major developments of the second year of human life is the emergence of the
ability to pretend. A child's knowledge of a real situation is apparently contradicted and …

I must say that my first impression of the third edition of Play and Child Development was: ey
did it AGAIN! Frost, Wortham, and Reifel again impressed me with the depth and breadth of …

Recent work suggests autistic children are impaired in their symbolic (or pretend) play.
However, such studies have either used inadequate definitions of 'pretend', or have not …

Abstract 40 infants, divided into 10 evenly spaced age groups between the ages of 7.5 and
21 mo, were observed playing with 2 sets of toys in their own homes for up to 30 min …

The objectives of this study were to examine the play of young autistic children and to
determine the relationship between play and language comprehension in this group …

A theoretical sequence of cognitive developments is proposed as influencing
representational play and language in the second year of life. Scale analysis supported an …

Why is play so important in child development? Are children in today's society suffering from
a lack of time for free play, with the emerging dominance of screen play? Can play therapy …