Improvement in cognitive and language skills from preschool to adolescence in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Sigman, Marian ^a,b   McGovern, Corina W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Developmental change; Language; Pretend play

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHRONOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 21144432551     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-004-1027-5     Document Type: Article

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