Randomized Controlled Trial of Mind Reading and In Vivo Rehearsal for High-Functioning Children with ASD

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2115-2127

  Thomeer, Marcus L ^a   Smith, Rachael A ^b   Lopata, Christopher ^a   Volker, Martin A ^b,c   Lipinski, Alanna M ^b   Rodgers, Jonathan D ^a   McDonald, Christin A ^a   Lee, Gloria K ^b,c  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based treatment; Emotion decoding and encoding treatment; High functioning autism spectrum disorder; Social skills treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIND READING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; READING; SOCIAL SKILLS; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931564896     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2374-0     Document Type: Article

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