Symbolic play behavior in very young verbal and nonverbal children with autism

Infant-Toddler Intervention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Amato Jr , John ^a   Barrow, Meryl ^a   Domingo, Robert ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032987090     PISSN: 10535586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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