Best practices for teaching joint attention: A systematic review of the intervention literature

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1283-1295

  White, Pamela J ^a   O'Reilly, Mark ^a   Streusand, William ^a   Levine, Ann ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^b   Lancioni, Giulio ^c   Fragale, Christina ^a   Pierce, Nigel ^a   Aguilar, Jeannie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Intervention; Joint attention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CODING; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING;

EID: 79958071585     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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