A parent-mediated intervention to increase responsive parental behaviors and child communication in children with ASD: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-555

  Siller, Michael ^a,b   Hutman, Ted ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Intervention; Language; Parent child communication; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FOCUSED PLAYTIME INTERVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877636376     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1584-y     Document Type: Article

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