Increasing social interaction using prelinguistic milieu teaching with nonverbal school-age children with autism

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-502

  Franco, Jessica H ^a   Davis, Barbara L ^a   Davis, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Communication; Prelinguistic; Routine; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILIEU THERAPY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRELINGUISTIC; ROUTINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTISM; COMMUNICATION; PRELINGUISTIC; ROUTINE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MILIEU THERAPY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880927840     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/10-0103)     Document Type: Article

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