Discriminating which fork to use: Teaching selective imitation to people with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Brown, Ann K ^a   Brown, John L ^b   Poulson, Claire L ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b REED Academy   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Generalized imitation; Imitation; Observing response

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HUMAN; IMITATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 42949121694     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.06.001     Document Type: Review

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