Group teaching of conversational skills to adolescents on the autism spectrum

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Dotson, Wesley H ^a   Leaf, Justin B ^a   Sheldon, Jan B ^a   Sherman, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autism; Group instruction; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHING;

EID: 73649110563     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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