"Being-Imitated" Strategy at Home-Based Intervention for Young Children with Autism

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-79

  Sanefuji, Wakako ^a   Ohgami, Hidehiro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAZE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION;

EID: 84872338212     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21375     Document Type: Article

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