Comparing Emergent-Literacy Skills and Home-Literacy Environment of Children With Autism and Their Peers

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 142-153

  Dynia, Jaclyn M ^a   Lawton, Kathy ^a   Logan, Jessica A R ^a   Justice, Laura M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder (ASD); disability populations; emergent literacy; home environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909645401     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121414536784     Document Type: Article

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