Using discrete trial instruction to teach children with angelman syndrome

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-226

  Summers, Jane ^a   Szatmari, Peter ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Discrete trial instruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DISCRETE TRIAL INSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70450235400     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357609334057     Document Type: Article

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