Creating public policy in a climate of clinical indeterminancy: Lovaas as the case example du Jour

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 54-66

  Feinberg, Edward ^a   Beyer, Jonathan ^b  

^a Anne Arundel Co Infants Toddlers P   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied behavior analysis; Autism; Behavior therapy; Lovaas; Pervasive developmental disorder; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032343416     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001163-199810030-00009     Document Type: Article

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