Social-communicative abilities as treatment goals for preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: The importance of imitation, joint attention, and play

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 712-716

  Warreyn, Petra ^a   van der Paelt, Sara ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTIVATION; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904137139     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12455     Document Type: Review

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