“…While role playing has a long history in drama therapy, psychiatry, psychology, and 22 S. A. Gutman et al occupational therapy (Bellack, Morrison, Mueser, Wade, & Sayers, 1990;Brady, 1985;Daniel, 2006;Dunne, 1988;Love, 1988), research regarding its effectiveness as an intervention with an AS population is sparse. Existing studies have primarily focused on children with AS and HFA in which role playing is used within the context of games and play (Beaumont & Sofronoff, 2008;Cragar & Horvath, 2003;Goldstein & Cisar, 1992;Mrug & Hodgens, 2008;Solomon, Goodlin-Jones, & Anders, 2004).…”