Affiliation:
1. Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Ellen A. Doernberg, Rachel A. Gordon, Kerrigan Vargo, Evelyn Nichols, and Sandra W. Russ, Case Western Reserve University
Abstract
Abstract
The current study examines the efficacy of an 8-week pretend play intervention targeting social-cognitive abilities in children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), ages 6-9. PWS is a rare disorder associated with various social, emotional, and cognitive challenges linked to pretend play impairments, and for which interventions are sparse. Nineteen children were quasi-randomized to receive the intervention or be part of a waitlist control group. Participants who received the intervention (n = 10) demonstrated significant improvements in various components of pretend play, most notably in organization of play, which may generalize to broader social-cognitive gains. These findings provide evidence of the intervention’s efficacy in enhancing pretend play skills and related social-cognitive abilities during this critical period of development for children with PWS.
Publisher
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
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