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In this paper we have described an ongoing research project involving play and communication in 4- to 6-year-olds. The children
are seen for three 45 minute play sessions by a child analyst who is presented with no information other than what the child presents in the sessions. The sessions are videotaped and then analyzed from psycholinguistic and psychoanalytic perspectives. The first phase of this research focused on normal children and provided the material for this report; ongoing and future studies include children with various types of developmental difficulties (including anxiety and disruptive disorders).