Teaching children with autism to respond to and initiate bids for joint attention

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-391

  Taylor, Bridget A ^a,b   Hoch, Hannah ^a  

^a Alpine Learning Group

^b Alpine Learning Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Joint attention; Social skills; Teaching language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 52249084571     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-377     Document Type: Article

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