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title: "Incredible Years: New autism programmes"
description: This blog shares how a focus on imaginative play can help young children with autism, according to Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Incredible Years founder.
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# [Incredible Years: New autism programmes](https://www.incredibleyears.com/research/library/article/incredible-years-new-autism-programmes)

 Written by [Incredible Years](https://www.incredibleyears.com/research/library/author/adminiy) | Mar 19, 2018 9:38:58 PM

Editors. (2018, March 12). Incredible Years: New autism programmes. *The Education Gazette, 97*(4).

**Abstract**

A greater focus on imaginative play can help young children with autism, says Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton, clinical psychologist and founder of Incredible Years.

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