Teaching Pretend Play to Children With Disabilities: A Review of the Literature

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-125

  Barton, Erin E ^a   Wolery, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practices; intervention strategies; play

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749093903     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121408318799     Document Type: Article

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