Open-trial pilot of mind reading and in vivo rehearsal for children with HFASD

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Thomeer, Marcus L ^a   Rodgers, Jonathan D ^b   Lopata, Christopher ^a   McDonald, Christin A ^b   Volker, Martin A ^b   Toomey, Jennifer A ^c   Smith, Rachael A ^b   Gullo, Gaetano ^b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Summit Educational Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

computer intervention; emotion recognition; HFASD; manualized intervention; Mind Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUSTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79961068888     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357611414876     Document Type: Article

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