Facilitating play, peer engagement and social functioning in a peer group of young autistic children: Comparing highly structured and more flexible behavioral approaches

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-423

  Strauss, Kristin ^a,b   Esposito, Marco ^a   Polidori, Giorgia ^c   Vicari, Stefano ^d   Valeri, Giovanni ^d   Fava, Leonardo ^a  

^a Autism Treatment and Research Centre Una Breccia nel Muro   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Engagement; Play; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHING;

EID: 84893328027     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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