Relations among joint attention, amount of intervention and language gain in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 495-505

  Bono, Michael A ^a   Daley, Tamara ^b   Sigman, Marian ^b  

^a West Annex City of Industry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Intervention; Language development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CELL INTERACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 21744456438     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-004-2545-x     Document Type: Article

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