Rhema Anu, N (2017) Effectiveness of Pretend Play as a Therapeutic Modality to Enhance Social Competence in Children with Autism. Masters thesis, KMCH College of Occupational Therapy, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
AIM: The aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of pretend play in improving social competence among children with autism. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were to explore the pretend play behaviors and to improve social competence through pretend play for the children with autism. METHODOLOGY : The study included 42 children with autism who were able to verbalize a word or two productively for interacting. All the children were assessed using Child Initiated Pretend Play for pretend play and Communication Deall Developmental checklist for social skills. The children were then grouped into experimental group who underwent a Learn to Play program and into the control group who were under general play based social skill training for a period of 80-100 sessions within 6 months. RESULTS : The results of the study were, 19 children of the experimental group showed presence of typical indicators of pretend play explaining there was an improvement in the pretend play skills(p<.005) and the social skills(p<.005) of the children of the experimental group post Learn to Play program. The results also show an improvement on the elaborate play and imitative actions of pretend play and social skills (p<.005) of the control group attained by general play based social skill training. Yet the effect of the pretend play on the play group was greater (d=0.8) than the control group. CONCLUSION : From the results it is evident that the Learn to Play program to develop and improve the pretend play of the children with autism is effective than the general play based social skill training. The study thus concludes that the pretend play is an effective therapeutic modality to enhance social competence of children with autism.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Autism, Pretend Play, Social Competence. |
| Subjects: | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY > Occupational Therapy in Paediatrics |
| Depositing User: | Kambaraman B |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2018 16:38 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2018 16:38 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/5629 |
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