Increasing social skills and pro-social behavior for three children diagnosed with autism through the use of a teaching package

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 275-289

  Leaf, Justin B ^a   Taubman, Mitchell ^a   Bloomfield, Stephanie ^a   Palos Rafuse, Letty ^a   Leaf, Ron ^a   McEachin, John ^a   Oppenheim, Misty L ^b  

^a Autism Partnership ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior therapy; Behavioral skills training; Early intervention; Social skills; Teaching interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

EID: 56449130858     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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