Behavior predictors of language development over 2 years in children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1106-1120

  Bopp, Karen D ^a   Mirenda, Pat ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Child development; Predictors; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACTING OUT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70349439145     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0262)     Document Type: Article

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