The effect of a script-fading procedure on unscripted social initiations and novel utterances among young children with autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-64

  Wichnick, Alison M ^a,b,c   Vener, Susan M ^c   Keating, Colleen ^c   Poulson, Claire L ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Aero Nav Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Generalization; Novel utterances; Script fading; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH;

EID: 70449732190     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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