Effects of Joint Attention Mediated Learning for toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: An initial randomized controlled study

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-258

  Schertz, Hannah H ^a   Odom, Samuel L ^b   Baggett, Kathleen M ^c   Sideris, John H ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Early intervention; Parent mediated intervention; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873827221     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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