A Comprehensive Peer Network Intervention to Improve Social Communication of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Trial in Kindergarten and First Grade

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1809-1824

  Kamps, Debra ^a   Thiemann Bourque, Kathy ^a   Heitzman Powell, Linda ^b   Schwartz, Ilene ^c   Rosenberg, Nancy ^c   Mason, Rose ^d   Cox, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer networks; Social communication skills; Text cues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINDERGARTEN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; TEACHER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929965762     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2340-2     Document Type: Article

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