Parents’ Adoption of Social Communication Intervention Strategies: Families Including Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Who are Minimally Verbal

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1712-1724

  Shire, Stephanie Y ^a   Goods, Kelly ^a,b,f   Shih, Wendy ^a   Distefano, Charlotte ^a   Kaiser, Ann ^c   Wright, Courtney ^c   Mathy, Pamela ^d,e   Landa, Rebecca ^e   Kasari, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b First Five California   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f First Five Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Coaching; Intervention; Minimally verbal; Parent training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAINING; WORKSHOP; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY THERAPY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84929950416     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2329-x     Document Type: Article

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