Patterns of Growth in Verbal Abilities Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 594-604

  Anderson, Deborah K ^a   Lord, Catherine ^a   Risi, Susan ^a   DiLavore, Pamela S ^b   Shulman, Cory ^c   Thurm, Audrey ^d   Welch, Kathleen ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; growth trajectories; PDD; verbal age equivalent; verbal skills

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548849750     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.4.594     Document Type: Article

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