Interventions to Improve Communication in Autism

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-856

  Paul, Rhea ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MILIEU THERAPY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYMBOLISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 50449106922     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.06.011     Document Type: Review

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