Communicative acts of children with autism spectrum disorders in the second year of life

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1139-1156

  Shumway, Stacy ^a   Wetherby, Amy M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Early identification; Joint attention; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION AND SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOR SCALES DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EYE; FEMALE; GAZE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIDEOTAPE; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349437338     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0280)     Document Type: Article

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