Establishing generalized syntactical responding in young children with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-88

  Fischer, Jenny L ^a,b   Howard, Jane S ^a,b   Sparkman, Coleen R ^b   Moore, Allyson G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Kendall School   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; Applied behavior analysis; Autism; Developmental disabilities; Early intensive behavioral intervention; Generative complex language; Language development; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TRAINING;

EID: 70449522151     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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