Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions: Empirically Validated Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2411-2428

  Schreibman, Laura ^a   Dawson, Geraldine ^b   Stahmer, Aubyn C ^c   Landa, Rebecca ^d   Rogers, Sally J ^c   McGee, Gail G ^e   Kasari, Connie ^f   Ingersoll, Brooke ^g   Kaiser, Ann P ^h   Bruinsma, Yvonne ⁱ   McNerney, Erin ⁱ   Wetherby, Amy ^j   Halladay, Alycia ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ IN STEPPS   (United States)

^j FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Autism Science Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Behavioral; Developmental; Early intervention; Naturalistic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NATURALISTIC DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS;

EID: 84937979026     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2407-8     Document Type: Article

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