A systematic review of early intensive intervention for autism spectrum disorders

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Warren, Zachary ^a,b   McPheeters, Melissa L ^a,b   Sathe, Nila ^a   Foss Feig, Jennifer H ^a   Glasser, Allison ^a   Veenstra VanderWeele, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Behavioral intervention; Early intervention

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; EARLY START DENVER MODEL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; META ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955494719     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0426     Document Type: Review

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