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EJ631440
PS531937
Title: Scripted Play as a Language Intervention Strategy for Preschoolers with Development Disabilities.
Author(s): Neeley, Phyllis Miles; Neeley, Richard A.; Justen, Joseph E., III; Tipton-Sumner, Carla
Source: Early Childhood Education Journal, v28 n4 p243-46 Sum 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 1082-3301
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB2002
Investigated
feasibility of teaching socio-dramatic play through the use of a
verbal script to increase sophistication of free play behavior in
preschoolers with developmental disabilities. Found support for
the clinical utility of scripted play as a teaching strategy for
such children. (SD)
Descriptors: Child Development; *Developmental Disabilities; Disabilities;
*Dramatic Play; Play; *Preschool Children; Preschool Education;
*Scripts; Special Needs Students; *Teaching Methods
Identifiers: *Scripts (Knowledge Structures)

