Brief Report: Increasing Communication Skills for an Elementary-Aged Student with Autism Using the Picture Exchange Communication System

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-230

  Kravits, Tamara R ^a   Kamps, Debra M ^a,d   Kemmerer, Katie ^b   Potucek, Jessica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Project SAIL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Peer training; Picture Exchange Communication System

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TECHNICAL AID; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBALIZATION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; CURRICULUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036617999     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015457931788     Document Type: Article

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