The effectiveness of a group teaching interaction procedure for teaching social skills to young children with a pervasive developmental disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-198

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral intervention; Behavioral skills training; Discrete trial teaching; Social skills; Teaching interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TEACHING;

EID: 73649117104     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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