Teaching empathy skills to children with autism

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-32

  Schrandt, Jessica A ^a   Townsend, Dawn Buffington ^b   Poulson, Claire L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The Institute for Educational Achievement   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMPATHY; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449700389     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-17     Document Type: Article

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