Joint attention, language, social relating, and stereotypical behaviours in children with autistic disorder

Autism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-436

  Delinicolas, Erin K ^a   Young, Robyn L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Joint attention; Language; Social relating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35448996995     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307079595     Document Type: Article

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