Brief report: Predictors of outcomes in the early start denver model delivered in a group setting

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1717-1724

  Vivanti, Giacomo ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a   Zierhut, Cynthia ^a,b   Rogers, Sally J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Early Start Denver Model; Intervention; Predictors of outcomes; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EARLY START DENVER MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; COMPREHENSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84879205717     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1705-7     Document Type: Article

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