Aba Inside Track

A goblin horde approaches your part of adventurers. Roll for attack! If the above statement brings back positive memories of your friends, you’re probably a fan of games. If not, you may either a) hate games as much as Jackie or b) benefit from research on improving turn-taking and game-playing abilities. Don’t worry, everyone can learn the basics of playing a game and in this week’s episode, we break out the research instruction manual on just how to support children with a variety of disabilities to do just that. It’s like rolling a natural 20. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Turn Taking Oppenheim-Leaf, M.L., Leaf, J.B., & Call, N.C. (2012). Teaching board games to two children with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 24, 247-358. doi: 10.1007/s10882-012-9274-4 Davis-Temple, J., Jung, S., & Sainato, D.M. (2014). Teaching young children with special needs and their peers to play board games: Effects of a lea