A methodology for assessing the functions of emerging speech in children with developmental disabilities

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-316

  Lerman, Dorothea C ^a,b   Parten, Mandy ^a   Addison, Laura R ^a   Vorndran, Christina M ^a   Volkert, Valerie M ^a   Kodak, Tiffany ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication training; Developmental disabilities; Functional analysis; Language; Speech; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644821279     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2005.106-04     Document Type: Article

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