Motor development and motor resonance difficulties in autism: Relevance to early intervention for language and communication skills

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  McCleery, Joseph P ^a   Elliott, Natasha A ^a   Sampanis, Dimitrios S ^a   Stefanidou, Chrysi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Early intervention; Language; Motor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY MOTOR MAPPING TRAINING; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUTISM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY START DENVER MODEL; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; GESTURE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PROMPTS FOR RESTRUCTURING ORAL MUSCULAR PHONETIC TARGET; RECIPROCAL IMITATION TRAINING; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84876819506     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00030     Document Type: Article

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