Practitioner's guide to assessment of autism spectrum disorders in infants and toddlers

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1183-1196

  Steiner, Amanda Mossman ^a   Goldsmith, Tina R ^b   Snow, Anne V ^a   Chawarska, Katarzyna ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Early diagnosis; Infants and toddlers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863867938     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1376-9     Document Type: Article

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