Impact of a contextual intervention on child participation and parent competence among children with autism spectrum disorders: A pretest-posttest repeated-measures design

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 520-528

  Dunn, Winnie ^a   Cox, Jane ^b   Foster, Lauren ^b   Mische Lawson, Lisa ^b   Tanquary, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Autistic disorder; Education; Parenting; Professional family relations; Sensation; Sensory threshold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 84866241619     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2012.004119     Document Type: Article

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