How to use... an autism assessment tool

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Carter, Sophie E ^a   Hanson, Anita ^b   Bravey, Clare ^c   Kabir, Nagat Al ^a  

^a Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DERBYSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DSM-IV; GESTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875398663     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301861     Document Type: Note

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