Emergent literacy in children with autism: An exploration of developmental and contextual dynamic processes

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-324

  Lanter, Elizabeth ^a   Watson, Linda R ^b   Erickson, Karen A ^b   Freeman, Daniel ^a,c  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Early literacy; Emergent literacy; Language impairment; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; READING;

EID: 84863824864     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2012/10-0083)     Document Type: Article

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