Dismantling the Active Ingredients of an Intervention for Children with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2917-2927

  Pellecchia, Melanie ^a   Connell, James E ^b   Beidas, Rinad S ^a   Xie, Ming ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^a   Mandell, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Implementation science; Treatment fidelity; Treatment packages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; COGNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DISCRETE TRIAL TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PIVOTAL RESPONSE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHING WITHIN FUNCTIONAL ROUTINE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TEACHING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84941417904     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2455-0     Document Type: Article

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