Autistic children at risk of being underestimated: School-based pilot study of a strength-informed assessment

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Courchesne, Valérie ^a   Meilleur, Andrée Anne S ^a   Poulin Lord, Marie Pier ^a   Dawson, Michelle ^a   Soulières, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Autism; Cognition; Intelligence; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES BOARD FORM; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SEARCH TASK; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN;

EID: 84928746616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-015-0006-3     Document Type: Article

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