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Developing Play Skills in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders [ASHA Session] [Social Work Session]
Thursday, July 8, 2010: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Landmark D (Hyatt Regency Dallas)
One of the core features of an autism spectrum diagnosis is difficulty with play/social skills. This presentation will focus on play skills and how to help adults with developing therapeutic interventions for the preschooler with ASD. Dr. Bellando will review research about play skill deficits in children with ASD and describe how these deficits impact the child in their preschool setting. We will also address how adults can intervene to improve these skills at the individual, dyad and group level.
Goals for this session are to:
- review current research about social/play deficits for the child with ASD
- identify skills deemed important for appropriate social interactions
- review underlying variables that hinder social skills acquisition for the child with ASD
- define different types of play for preschoolers
- present ways to intervene in play skills at the individual, dyad and group level
Learning Objectives:
- To Review current research about play deficits for the child with ASD
- To identify skills deemed important for social interactions
- To review underlying variables that hinder social skill acquisition for the child with ASD
- To define different types of play for preschoolers
- To present interventions for play skills at the individual, dyad and group level
Content Area: Social Skills
Presenter:
Jayne Bellando, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jayne Bellando, Ph.D., is a pediatric psychologist and Associate Profession in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She works at the Dennis Developmental Center with children on the autism spectrum and is the lead psychologist for UAMS on the Autism Treatment Network team.