Increasing the use of empathic statements in the presence of a non-verbal affective stimulus in adolescents with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 341-352

  Argott, Paul ^a   Townsend, Dawn Buffington ^b   Sturmey, Peter ^a   Poulson, Claire L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Institute for Educational Achievement   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Non verbal stimuli; Script fading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 42649119785     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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