Brief report: Designing a playground for children with autistic spectrum disorders - Effects on playful peer interactions

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1192-1196

  Yuill, Nicola ^a   Strieth, Sara ^a   Roake, Caroline ^a   Aspden, Ruth ^b   Todd, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b St Anthony's School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Peer interaction; Play; Playground design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 34250837523     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0241-8     Document Type: Article

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