Effects of circumscribed interests on the social behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1550-1561

  Boyd, Brian A ^a,b   Conroy, Maureen A ^a   Mancil, G Richmond ^a   Nakao, Taketo ^a   Alter, Peter J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Circumscribed interests; Pervasive developmental disorders; Repetitive behaviors; Restricted interests; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547915197     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0286-8     Document Type: Article

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