Early Social Development in Young Children with Autism: Theoretical and Clinical Implications

Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 565-588

  Ozonoff, Sally ^a   South, Mikle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Early social development; Imitation; Joint attention; Young children with autism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948112028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996348.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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