Examining the echolalia literature: Where do speech-language pathologists stand?

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 750-762

  Stiegler, Lillian N ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; ECHOLALIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH DISORDER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; ECHOLALIA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84981725561     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0166     Document Type: Review

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