Teaching young children with autism to talk

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-172

  Yoder, Paul ^a   McDuffie, Andrea ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Intervention; Nonverbal communication; Object play; Spoken communication

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749597966     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-948227     Document Type: Review

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