Effects of superimposition and background fading on the sight-word reading of a boy with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-125

  Birkan, Binyamin ^a   McClannahan, Lynn E ^b   Krantz, Patricia J ^b  

^a Tohum Autism Foundation   (Turkey)

^b Princeton Child Development Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Reading; Stimulus fading; Stimulus superimposition

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SKILL RETENTION; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 34247890121     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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