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15SOPHIE BLUMBERG (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), GRACIE STEVENS (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), EMMA ROTHMAN (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), SOPHIE ROTH (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), ERICA WOJCIK (SKIDMORE COLLEGE) The present study explores how drawing tasks can elucidate the complexity of word knowledge in children and adults. The results suggest that younger children's drawings are significantly less accurate than adult drawings. Further, the study examines the patterns in the words that children cannot draw accurately and the features that are included in their drawings. This work will have implications for how we assess children's word knowledge in both basic research and applied settings.POSTER 73UNDERSTANDING GAIT, LANGUAGE, AND SENSORY PROCESSING IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN'S EVERYDAY MOTOR TASKSLAURA KEEGAN (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), MARIA J. AYOUB (EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT), KAREN CHENAUSKY (MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS), JORDAN R. GREEN (MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS), HELEN TAGER-FLUSBERG (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), SIMONE V. GILL (BOSTON UNIVERSITY) Autism impacts language, motor, and sensory processing skills. Yet, the relationship among language, motor, and sensory processing skills and whether language and sensory processing predict motor outcomes remains understudied. Seventy autistic children completed motor tasks, while parents completed standardized sensory processing, language, and motor skills assessments. Results indicated that these domains are associated; higher receptive language and sensory processing abilities predicted higher motor scores. Findings suggest that targeting multiple domains may enhance intervention effectiveness.POSTER 74VIRTUAL REALITY VS. REAL LIFE: INVESTIGATING SPATIAL NAVIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDRENMIKAYLA HAAS (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), NOOR ALALWAN (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), LESLIE MERE (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), MARIA PERCY ESTRADA (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), LAURA LAKUSTA (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY), YINGYING YANG (MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY) This study examined spatial navigation in 61 children aged 6-10 using non-immersive virtual reality (VR) and real-life (RL) environments. Children completed tasks assessing landmark, route, and survey knowledge in both settings. Results showed higher landmark recall and survey knowledge accuracy (point-to-start task) in RL, while route knowledge and map-based survey knowledge were better in VR. Mixed environment associations suggest differences in spatial processing and highlight the complexities of transferring spatial skills across contexts.POSTER 75WHAT DO CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT WORDS?GRACIE STEVENS (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), SOPHIE BLUMBERG (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), SOPHIE ROTH (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), EMMA ROTHMAN (SKIDMORE COLLEGE), ERICA WOJCIK (SKIDMORE COLLEGE) What do children know about words, and how can we test that knowledge beyond label-referent mapping tasks? The current study uses 5 tasks to understand the depth and variability in children's and adults' word representations, through free recall definitions, drawing, cued recall questions, visual referent selection, and parent report or self-report. We will examine how home environment factors, such as reading, drawing, and school experience impact what children know about words.POSTER 76WHY COLLEGE? EXPLORING FACTORS THAT SHAPE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS' DECISION TO ATTEND COLLEGEVIANCA ESCOBAR (JUNIATA COLLEGE), OLIVIA HARDIN (JUNIATA COLLEGE), JOLEYNA MARTINO (JUNIATA COLLEGE), WALLECIA BYFIELD (JUNIATA COLLEGE), KATHRYN WESTCOTT (JUNIATA COLLEGE) Students' aspirations to attend college interact with factors such as financial concerns, college readiness, and family perceptions and involvement. This qualitative study explores the college decision process, from the decision to pursue through enrollment in a college, from the perspective of academically talented, low-income STEM students. This study found factors, including a strong self-drive for learning combined with a range of family support behaviors were influential in students' pursuit of and selection of college.POSTER 77WILLINGNESS TO TELL ABOUT CYBER VICTIMIZATION: FITTING IN WITH PERCEIVED PEER BELIEFS15Friday, March 7