Teaching children with autism to ask "what's that?" Using a picture communication with vocal results

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-192

  Ostryn, Cheryl ^a,c   Wolfe, Pamela S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; communication; early intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952911722     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e31820d95ff     Document Type: Article

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