The discrimination of object names and object sounds in children with autism: A procedure for teaching verbal comprehension

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 807-812

  Eikeseth, Svein ^a   Hayward, Diane W ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UK Young Autism Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Language delay; Stimulus control; Transfer; Verbal stimulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND; TEACHING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NAMES; SOUND; TEACHING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77954971983     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-807     Document Type: Article

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