The Development of Coordinated Communication in Infants at Heightened Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2218-2234

  Parladé, Meaghan V ^a   Iverson, Jana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Communication; Coordination; Development; Gesture; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COORDINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DELAY; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84931571667     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2391-z     Document Type: Article

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