Imitative interaction increases social interest and elicited imitation in non-verbal children with autism

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-309

  Heimann, Mikael ^a,c   Laberg, Kari E ^b   Nordøen, Bodil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Eikelund Resource Centre   (Norway)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Imitation; Social interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745604240     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.463     Document Type: Article

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