Development of symbolic play through the use of virtual reality tools in children with autistic spectrum disorders: Two case studies

Autism

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-157

  Herrera, Gerardo ^a   Alcantud, Francisco ^a   Jordan, Rita ^b   Blanquer, Amparo ^c   Labajo, Gabriel ^d   De Pablo, Cristina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro Comunica de Diagnóstico e Intervención   (Spain)

^d Autismo Burgos ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Autism; Imagination; Pretend play; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SYMBOLISM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 40449115651     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307086657     Document Type: Article

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