The effectiveness of direct instruction for teaching language to children with autism spectrum disorders: Identifying materials

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Ganz, Jennifer B ^a   Flores, Margaret M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Direct instruction; Identifying materials; Language instruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; SOCIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 57849159753     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0602-6     Document Type: Article

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