A communication-based intervention for nonverbal children with autism: What changes? who benefits?

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-457

  Gordon, Kate ^a   Pasco, Greg ^b   McElduff, Fiona ^c   Wade, Angie ^c   Howlin, Pat ^a   Charman, Tony ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; communicative form; communicative function; intervention response predictors; psychosocial intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSIS OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TRAINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCALIZATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961164024     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024379     Document Type: Article

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