Focused stimulation for a child with autism spectrum disorder: A treatment study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 753-756

  Grela, Bernard G ^a   McLaughlin, Kathryn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Focused stimulation; Natural language procedures; Parent intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; FOCUSED STIMULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747870230     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0122-1     Document Type: Article

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