Picture me playing: Increasing pretend play dialogue of children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 870-878

  Murdock, Linda C ^a   Hobbs, Jan Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

^b Center for Autism   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Peer interaction; Pretend play; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959859351     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1108-6     Document Type: Article

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