SchaferAutismReport: Using Humor, Puppets In Play Therapy For Kids With Autism

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TREATMENTUsing Humor, Puppets In Play Therapy Can Enhance Social, Communication Skills For Kids With Autism Mike Frandsen, Autism Examiner xrl.in/5xv7

Teaching humor to children with autism through imaginary play can encourage engagement, facilitate interaction, and promote the development of abstract thought. Studies have even shown that the ability to role-play in children with autism is related to communication abilities. Traditional autism therapies have focused on the behavioral aspects of autism, but while structured skills taught at a desk have their place, many children with autism have trouble generalizing those skills into the real world. Joking

around with children with autism, especially using puppets for symbolic play, is an underused and underappreciated way of promoting creative, imaginative, and spontaneous thought. Humor and pretend play can help children generalize what they have learned so they can use it socially, and in meaningful ways in natural environments. In the book “Engaging Autism†by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Dr. Serena Wieder, Greenspan wrote, “Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often take everything literally. One of the most effective activities is pretend or imaginative play. Encourage role play and play with puppets." Symbolic play, which involves understanding that a toy represents a real life object or person, can be hard for children with autism to understand.

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