Interventions based on the Theory of Mind cognitive model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

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Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Fletcher Watson, Sue ^a   Mcconnell, Fiona ^a   Manola, Eirini ^b   Mcconachie, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Puzzle School for Children with Autism   (Greece)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; EMOTION RECOGNITION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOINT ATTENTION; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SKILL RETENTION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORY OF MIND; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84907423827     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008785.pub2     Document Type: Review

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