Use of Computer-Based Interventions to Teach Communication Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-76

  Ramdoss, Sathiyaprakash ^a   Lang, Russell ^b   Mulloy, Austin ^a   Franco, Jessica ^c   O'Reilly, Mark ^a   Didden, Robert ^d   Lancioni, Giulio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Autism Community Network   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Computer; Computer assisted; Computer based; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952316689     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-010-9112-7     Document Type: Article

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