Child Mind Intitute

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Watch the Recording The Child Mind Institutes Yuki Kotani, MBA, recently sat down with Christa Studzinksi, PhD, director of business development and partnerships at the Ontario Brain Institute, to talk about equity and participatory research in digital therapeutics as part of our webinar series on Technology and Youth Mental Health. This initiative asks how tech can improve youth mental health outcomes which includes gaining access to real world, or ecological data.

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Child Mind Intitute

JULY 31, 2024

Pretend play, also known as imaginative play, provides a powerful and fun make-believe context for children to express their creativity and develop social and emotional skills. Pretend play evolves as children grow. Two-year-old children begin to act out scenarios with stuffed animals, dolls, or figures, and they tend to use these realistic toys to mimic familiar events.

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Child Mind Intitute

JULY 31, 2024

By Kathryn L. Keough, PhD Psychologist, Anxiety Disorders Center Child Mind Institute Pretend play, also known as imaginative play, includes a range of imaginative behaviors and actions that become more complex over early childhood (Lillard et al., 2011). Two-year-old children begin to act out scenarios with stuffed animals, dolls, or figures, and they initially gravitate towards realistic toys, using them to mimic familiar events (Smith, 2009).

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