Beyond echoplaylia: Promoting language in children with autism

Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-469

  Schuler, Adriana L ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Echolalia; Imaginative; Narrative; Play; Situation association; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECHOLALIA; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING; VOCALIZATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; ECHOLALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SYMBOLISM; THINKING;

EID: 0344898373     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361303007004010     Document Type: Article

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