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SUMMARY:Play\, language and social cognition in children with language and
  communication impairments - Dr Jenny Gibson \, Lecturer in Psychology &am
 p\; Education \, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20150120T163000Z
DTEND:20150120T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:Some children struggle with everyday language-use activities s
 uch as telling jokes\, taking turns in conversation\, understanding idioms
  and adapting their language appropriately to the situation. The reasons b
 ehind these developmental difficulties in the contextual use of language (
 pragmatic language impairments) are not always clear. I will report on a s
 tudy focused on primary school aged children who display pragmatic languag
 e impairments\, but who do not meet formal diagnostic criteria for Autisti
 c Disorder. The study aimed to test the theory that social cognitive diffi
 culties underlie impairments of social interaction with peers and problems
  with social communication seen in children with pragmatic language disord
 ers. I will discuss findings from the study in the context of theories of 
 language use in autism and specific language impairment. I will also discu
 ss some of the methodological challenges in measuring peer play skills and
  social cognition in this population.
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (Rm
  2S8\, Donald McIntyre Building)
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