Multiple effects of joint attention intervention for children with autism

Behavior Modification

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 782-834

  Jones, Emily A ^a   Carr, Edward G ^b   Feeley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Discrete trial instruction; Joint attention; Pivotal response training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

EID: 33749842936     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445506289392     Document Type: Article

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