A comparison of contexts for assessing joint attention in toddlers on the autism spectrum

Autism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-291

  Roos, Elizabeth M ^a   McDuffie, Andrea S ^a   Weismer, Susan Ellis ^a   Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Joint attention; Naturalistic play; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TODDLER;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 41949141385     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307089521     Document Type: Article

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