Assessing and Improving Early Social Engagement in Infants

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-80

  Koegel, Lynn Kern ^a   Singh, Anjileen K ^a   Koegel, Robert L ^a   Hollingsworth, Jessica R ^a   Bradshaw, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; early intervention; infants; social intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892592158     PISSN: 10983007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098300713482977     Document Type: Article

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