Promoting task accuracy and independence in students with autism across educational setting through the use of individual work systems

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2084-2099

  Hume, Kara ^a   Plavnick, Joshua ^b   Odom, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Autism; Division TEACCH; Generalization; Independence; Work systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; TEACHING; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84866733080     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1457-4     Document Type: Article

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