Stimulus overselectivity in typical development: Implications for teaching children with autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1249-1257

  Reed, Sarah R ^a,b   Stahmer, Aubyn C ^a,b   Suhrheinrich, Jessica ^a,b   Schreibman, Laura ^b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral treatment; Development of conditional discriminations; Overselectivity; Pivotal response training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COLOR VISION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878675730     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1658-x     Document Type: Article

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