Two to Ten Years: Developmental Trajectories of Joint Attention in Children With ASD Who Received Targeted Social Communication Interventions

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-215

  Gulsrud, Amanda C ^a   Hellemann, Gerhard S ^b   Freeman, Stephanny F N ^a   Kasari, Connie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Joint attention; Longitudinal; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; GESTURE; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 84898926795     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1360     Document Type: Article

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