Demonstrating Typical and Partial Imitation
Video Summary
Dr. Smith distinguishes between "partial" imitation during a specific situation and "typical" imitation that results in the aquisition and creative incorporation of a new skill into the child's play, a learning process often lacking in children with autism.
"In typically developing children we would expect to see the child imitating a parent or somebody else in their environment away from the actual time when the parent is doing it but during a play session when the child is off playing on their own."
— Christopher Smith, PhD