Value-Added Predictors of Expressive and Receptive Language Growth in Initially Nonverbal Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1254-1270

  Yoder, Paul ^a   Watson, Linda R ^b   Lambert, Warren ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Longitudinal; Nonverbal; Predictors; Spoken language; Useful speech

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84939991042     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2286-4     Document Type: Article

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