The role of supported joint engagement and parent utterances in language and social communication development in children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2162-2174

  Bottema Beutel, Kristen ^a   Yoder, Paul J ^b   Hochman, Julia M ^b   Watson, Linda R ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Language; Parent child interaction; Social communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906313678     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2092-z     Document Type: Article

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