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Title: Play and Children with Autism
Description: An complete overview of a developmental psychology article about the play styles of children with autism when compared to typically developing individuals. The notes where originally used for a Psychology Masters dissertation but can also be useful for Undergraduate and ambitious A Level psychologists as well. Use this article for Developmental and Educational Psychology.

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Charman, T
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, Baron-Cohen, S
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, Baird, G
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(1997)
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Developmental Psychology, 33(5), 781–789
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1037/0012-1649
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5
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Introduction- Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience difficulty with social
functioning, in particular empathy, pretend play, joint attention and imitation
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The study also
assessed joint attention, imitation and the spontaneous and elicited play of
infants with ASD
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Method- Hypothesis- it was predicted that the ability to sustain joint attention, imitation and
play (both spontaneous and elicited) would be impaired in children with ASD
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Children were tested on:
1) Empathy responses- in this set the experimenter’s finger was hit with a
hammer
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The facial expression of the participant was also documented
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3) Structured play- the play styles of the children were scored to a set of criteria
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C
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This group of children were also less
likely to express emotional facial expression than the other two samples
examined
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Spontaneous play- there were no significant difference found between the three
groups in sensory-motor, ordering and functional play
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Structured play- many members of the ASD group and some members from the
developmental delay group were less likely to participate in this style of play than
typically developing children
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Participants in the
ASD group were also found to look at the experimenter less than children in the
other two groups
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Some differences were found between children with ASDs and other
developmentally delayed children are clear by the end of infancy
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Title: Play and Children with Autism
Description: An complete overview of a developmental psychology article about the play styles of children with autism when compared to typically developing individuals. The notes where originally used for a Psychology Masters dissertation but can also be useful for Undergraduate and ambitious A Level psychologists as well. Use this article for Developmental and Educational Psychology.