The effects of PECS teaching to phase III on the communicative interactions between children with autism and their teachers

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 724-737

  Carr, Deborah ^a   Felce, Janet ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Communication; PECS; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TEACHING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEACHING; WALES;

EID: 34147101149     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0203-1     Document Type: Article

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