Impact of music therapy on the communication skills of toddlers with pervasive developmental disorder

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 930, Issue , 2001, Pages 445-447

  Ma, Yeou Cheng M ^a   Nagler, Joseph ^a   Lee, Mathew H M ^a   Cabrera, Izumi N ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication problems; Music therapy; Pervasive developmental disorders

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSIC THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; TOUCH;

EID: 0034964435     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05766.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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