The Social Communication Intervention Project: A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of speech and language therapy for school-age children who have pragmatic and social communication problems with or without autism spectrum disorder

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-244

  Adams, Catherine ^a   Lockton, Elaine ^a   Freed, Jenny ^a   Gaile, Jacqueline ^a   Earl, Gillian ^b   McBean, Kirsty ^a   Nash, Marysia ^c   Green, Jonathan ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Law, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

language impairment; pragmatics; randomized controlled trial; social communication disorder; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859962839     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2011.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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