@article{ref1,
title="Pretend play of children with acquired brain injury: An exploratory study",
journal="Developmental neurorehabilitation",
year="2012",
author="Fink, Naomi and Stagnitti, Karen and Galvin, Jane",
volume="15",
number="5",
pages="336-342",
abstract="Objective: This exploratory study aimed to describe the self-initiated pretend play of three children who had sustained an acquired brain injury (ABI). No previous research was found. Methods: Three children aged 3.0-6.0 years were recruited through purposive sampling. Pretend play ability was assessed using the Child-Initiated Pretend Play Assessment. Results: Two of the three children scored below the range expected for children their age and one child scored above the range, indicating a wide range of pretend play ability for the children. None of the children could sustain their engagement in pretend play to complete the time of the assessment. Conclusion: Complex pretend play ability is a functional assessment of cognitive ability involving sequential planning, problem-solving, language and social understanding. Cognitive fatigue is argued to explain the children's limited ability to engage in play for the time expected for their ages. More research is required.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1751-8423",
doi="10.3109/17518423.2012.655798",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17518423.2012.655798"
}