Social and Communication Development in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Subtitle: Early Identification, Diagnosis, and Intervention
Contributors: Tony Charman (Editor); Wendy Stone (Editor)
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: April 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781593852849
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Paediatric medicine; Language; Autism; Child Psychology; Psychology; Developmentally disabled children; Psychopathology - Autism; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Autistic children; Developmental - General
First sentence: Major advances have been made over the past two decades in understanding the social-communication difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), resulting in a greater emphasis on early social-communication features in the diagnostic criteria (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).