Task interspersal and performance of matching tasks by preschoolers with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-629

  Benavides, Christian A ^a   Poulson, Claire L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Matching to sample; Task interspersal

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67349123746     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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