Social stories: Mechanisms of effectiveness in increasing game play skills in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder using a pretest posttest repeated measures randomized control group design

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-321

  Quirmbach, Linda M ^a,b,c,e   Lincoln, Alan J ^a,c   Feinberg Gizzo, Monica J ^a,c   Ingersoll, Brooke R ^d   Andrews, Siri M ^a,c  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Autism Research   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger; Autism; Intelligence; Play; Social stories

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; PLAY; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58549084358     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0628-9     Document Type: Article

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