ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Peer Actors and Theater Techniques Play Pivotal Roles in Improving Social Play and Anxiety for Children With Autism.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effectiveness and Influencing Factors of Drama-Based Interventions for Social Skills in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Creative Movement Therapies on Social Communication, Behavioral-Affective, Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Functional Participation Skills of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Investigating Social Competence in a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Theatre-Based Intervention Enhanced for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- Peers, play, and performance to build social salience in autistic youth: A multisite randomized clinical trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Social Novelty Recruits a Dysfunctional Nucleus Accumbens Ensemble That Drives Social Avoidance in abioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of the Impact of Theatre-Based Techniques in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Effectiveness of Art Therapy on Children and Adolescents with ASD: A Systematic Review of RCTs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Is there evidence that playing games promotes social skills training for autistic children and youth?Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Review
- Exploring the application of AI in the education of children with autism: a public health perspective.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Performing for Better Communication: Creativity, Cognitive-Emotional Skills and Embodied Language in Primary Schools.Journal of Intelligence · 2023Article
- The Impact of Working Memory on the Development of Social Play in Japanese Preschool Children: Emotion Knowledge as a Mediator.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Art Interventions for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Review.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2022Article
- Play-based interventions for mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis focused on children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and developmental language disorder.Autism & developmental language impairmentsReview
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Abstract
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have significant difficulty in social functioning to include engaging in natural play with peers. Many children with ASD exhibit significantly less interactive play and more physiological stress during benign social encounters with same-age peers on a playground. Theatrical role-playing and performance with expert role models may provide a unique opportunity for children with ASD to learn to engage with other children in a safe, supportive environment. SENSE Theatre
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