Non-responsiveness to intervention: Children with autism spectrum disorders who do not rapidly respond to communication interventions

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 399-407

  Ganz, Jennifer B ^a   Lashley, Erin ^b   Rispoli, Mandy Jenkins ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northside Independent School District   (United States)

Author keywords

augmentative and alternative communication; autism spectrum disorders; communication interventions; responsiveness to intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TODDLER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH DISORDERS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 78449271448     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2010.508298     Document Type: Article

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