The Behaviors of Parents of Children with Autism Predict the Subsequent Development of Their Children's Communication

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-89

  Siller, Michael ^a,b   Sigman, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Communication; Language; Parent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036527058     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014884404276     Document Type: Article

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