Early Infant Development and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1921-1929

  Sacrey, Lori Ann R ^a,b   Bennett, Jeffrey A ^a   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; early identification; early intervention; infant siblings; review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPULSION; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERAMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 84947062712     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073815601500     Document Type: Article

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