symbolic play
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsymbolicandplay
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symbolic
adjective
uk/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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play
noun
uk/pleɪ/us/pleɪ/
a piece of writing that is intended to be acted in a theatre or on radio ...
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(Definition ofsymbolicandplayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Symbolicplayin congenitally blind children was indication that they could score highly at some points of their play.
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Symbolicplayin congenitally blind children ih'hy with a very long kih'hy.
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As discussed in the introduction, the ability to generatesymbolicplayrequires the ability to produce actions outside the context in which they typically occur.
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If the results indicate neither memory norsymbolicplaydeficits, then further consideration of the executive dysfunction hypothesis is warranted.
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Symbolicplayand behavior problems were assessed at 34 months.
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It is as if these girls whose problems continue are already practicing restraint in theirsymbolicplay.
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Both measures assess emotion and eye gaze, nonverbal communication, gestures, speech sound production (consonants), expressive vocabulary, receptive vocabulary, and object use (includingsymbolicplay).
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A developmental exploration of language used to accompanysymbolicplayin young, normal children (2-4 years old).
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Representing the symbolic world insymbolicplay: reality and fantasy.
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On reflection, this actually seemed to be a more naturalistic test ofsymbolicplaythan a test for single actions.
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Similarly, lower levels ofsymbolicplayare likely to be associated with higher levels of cumulative risk.
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This score, which indexes the age-appropriate level ofsymbolicplay, was used as a criterion variable.
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Wing et al. (1977) found that while some children with autism exhibited stereotyped play, none showedsymbolicplay.
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There are, of course, alternative approaches to explaining blind children's lack of social engagement and 0 or impoverishment insymbolicplay.
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Teachingsymbolicplayto children with autism using pivotal response training.
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Symbolicplayand social participation abilities of language-impaired and normally developing children.
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That is, neither functional norsymbolicplayhas to be modeled on every occasion for children with autism to perform such play activities.
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We suspect that exposure tosymbolicplayis significantly less for these children than for children without autism.
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Around the same time that children begin to engage insymbolicplay, they also begin to acquire language.
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These include items about imitation, functional andsymbolicplayand declarative and imperative gestures.
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