EJ558185 EC617294
Title: Symbolic Play of Children with Language Impairment: A Critical
Review.Author(s): Casby, Michael W.
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v40 n3 p468-79 Jun 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 1092-4388
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1998
Target Audience: Researchers
This paper
reviews research on symbolic play gaps between children with and
without language impairment (LI), arguing that these gaps should
not be interpreted as demonstrative of marked deficits in general
representational or specific symbolic play competence of children
with LI. Frequent encroachment of language into testing procedures
is cited as one of several common methodological flaws in such studies.
(Author/PB)
Descriptors: Child Development; *Language Impairments; Play; *Pretend
Play; Research Methodology; *Research Problems; *Symbolic Learning;
*Testing Problems
