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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)