Using scripts and script-fading procedures to promote bids for joint attention by young children with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-290

  MacDuff, Joyce L ^a   Ledo, Regina ^a   McClannahan, Lynn E ^a   Krantz, Patricia J ^a  

^a Princeton Child Development Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint attention; Script fading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; SCHOOL; SKILL; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35548948955     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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