Improving Peer Engagement of Children With Autism on the School Playground: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-28

  Kretzmann, Mark ^a   Shih, Wendy ^a   Kasari, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Inclusion; Paraprofessionals; Peer interactions; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTISM; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84919657366     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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