Predicting the academic achievement of gifted students with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1781-1789

  Assouline, Susan G ^a   Nicpon, Megan Foley ^a   Dockery, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Autism; Cognitive ability; Gifted

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84866644879     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1403-x     Document Type: Article

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