Longitudinal Effects of Adaptive Interventions With a Speech-Generating Device in Minimally Verbal Children With ASD

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 442-456

  Almirall, Daniel ^a   DiStefano, Charlotte ^b   Chang, Ya Chih ^b   Shire, Stephanie ^b   Kaiser, Ann ^c   Lu, Xi ^a   Nahum Shani, Inbal ^a   Landa, Rebecca ^d   Mathy, Pamela ^e   Kasari, Connie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION AID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84961206918     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1138407     Document Type: Article

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