Perspective taking through narratives: An intervention for students with ASD

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Dodd, Janet L ^a   Ocampo, Alaine ^a   Kennedy, Kelly S ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; narrative based instruction; perspective taking; psychological terms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARRATIVE; NARRATIVE BASED LANGUAGE INTERVENTION; PERSPECTIVE TAKING INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; STORYTELLING; STUDENT;

EID: 80054862349     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740110395014     Document Type: Article

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