Decreasing Echolalia of the Instruction "Say" During Echoic Training Through Use of the Cues-Pause-Point Procedure

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 315-328

  Valentino, Amber L ^a   Shillingsburg, M Alice ^a,b   Conine, Daniel E ^a   Powell, Nicole M ^a,c  

^a MARCUS AUTISM CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cues pause point; Echoic; Echolalia; Vocal imitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870390403     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-012-9155-z     Document Type: Article

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