Location
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Document Type
Poster
Event Website
https://www.mnstate.edu/sac/
Start Date
15-4-2025 12:00 AM
End Date
15-4-2025 12:00 AM
Publication Date
4-15-2025
Description
Play serves as a fundamental context for the development of social communication skills in young children. For preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), challenges in play, particularly symbolic play, are closely linked to difficulties in social communication, which are essential for language development, adaptive functioning, and academic success. This poster presentation explores the role of play in social communication development, highlighting differences between typically developing children and those with ASD. It also reviews three interventions—Advancing Social-Communication and Play (ASAP), Stay Play Talk, and video modeling—that incorporate peer involvement to support social communication growth.
Social Communication Development Through Play and Interventions for Preschool Children with ASD
Comstock Memorial Union, MSUM
Play serves as a fundamental context for the development of social communication skills in young children. For preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), challenges in play, particularly symbolic play, are closely linked to difficulties in social communication, which are essential for language development, adaptive functioning, and academic success. This poster presentation explores the role of play in social communication development, highlighting differences between typically developing children and those with ASD. It also reviews three interventions—Advancing Social-Communication and Play (ASAP), Stay Play Talk, and video modeling—that incorporate peer involvement to support social communication growth.
https://red.mnstate.edu/sac/2025/cehs/22