Promoting question-asking in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorders: Effectiveness of a robot intervention compared to a human-trainer intervention

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 345-356

  Huskens, Bibi ^a   Verschuur, Rianne ^a   Gillesen, Jan ^b   Didden, Robert ^c   Barakova, Emilia ^b  

^a Sabic Europe BV   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; high functioning children; robot intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL TRAINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTION ASKING BEHAVIOR; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84884240139     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2012.739212     Document Type: Article

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