Treatment of Echolalia in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review

Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 82-91

  Neely, Leslie ^a   Gerow, Stephanie ^b   Rispoli, Mandy ^c   Lang, Russell ^d   Pullen, Nathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Echolalia; Systematic review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977142707     PISSN: 21957177     EISSN: 21957185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40489-015-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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