Most toddlers with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and Autism are non-compliant, have language delays and immature play; however, some have intact information processing ability, while others do not. Play data from two treatment outcome studies of children with PDD and Autism, and one normative longitudinal study were analysed to (1) compare play of normally developing children to delayed children with intact versus impaired processing; (2) investigate differential impact of a parent-implemented cognitive-behavioural treatment on children with intact versus impaired processing; and (3) investigate the use of information processing, and non-verbal play measures, including sustained attention, for use with children with delays. Both children with intact and those with impaired processing, but particularly children with impaired processing, displayed immature play relative to normally developing children. With treatment, sophistication of play improved substantially for children with intact processing and less for children with impaired processing confirming the usefulness of both information processing and play as alternative assessment procedures for children who are non-verbal and non-compliant.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.20616 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Kruzynski, Anna. |
| Contributors | Zelazo, Philip R. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001641297, proquestno: MQ44328, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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