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Shadow Theater for Children with ASD: The Integrative Role of Mirror Neurons, Empathy, and Social Learning to Facilitate Self-Regulation
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Haim Mizrachi; Gil Maor – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
This article describes an empirical study that explored the cognitive and emotional effects of teaching through shadow theater as compared to traditional storytelling of the same texts and songs in children on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The rationale is based on broken mirror theory anchored in research on mirror neurons. Fifty-seven…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elementary School Students, Self Management