Procedures for teaching appropriate gestural communication skills to children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 535-545

  Buffington, Dawn M ^a,b   Krantz, Patricia J ^a,b   McClannahan, Lynn E ^a,b   Poulson, Claire L ^b  

^a Princeton Child Development Institute   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestural communication; Teaching procedure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPEECH THERAPY; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION METHODS, TOTAL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032406535     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026056229214     Document Type: Article

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