The effects of enhanced milieu teaching and a voice output communication aid on the requesting of three children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1505-1513

  Olive, Melissa L ^a   De La Cruz, Berenice ^a   Davis, Tonya N ^a   Chan, Jeffrey M ^a   Lang, Russell B ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^a   Dickson, Sarah M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Austin Independent School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication intervention; Enhanced milieu teaching; Naturalistic intervention; Voice output communication aid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; MALE; MILIEU THERAPY; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION METHODS, TOTAL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34547881476     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0243-6     Document Type: Article

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