Modeling Longitudinal Change in the Language Abilities of Children With Autism: Parent Behaviors and Child Characteristics as Predictors of Change

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1691-1704

  Siller, Michael ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; joint attention; language development; longitudinal study; parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPEECH THERAPY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 56349143222     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013771     Document Type: Article

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