Effectiveness of community-based treatment on clinical outcome in children with Autism Spectrum disorders: An Italian prospective study

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Benvenuto, Arianna ^a   Battan, Barbara ^a   Benassi, Francesca ^b   Gialloreti, Leonardo Emberti ^a,b   Curatolo, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Centre for Communication   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorders; Early treatment; Naturalistic settings; Predictors of outcome

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964430112     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2013.864716     Document Type: Article

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