Assessing and Setting Goals for the Attending and Communicative Behavior of Three Preschoolers with Autism in Inclusive Kindergarten Settings

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-26

  Gena, Angeliki ^a,c   Kymissis, Effie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Alpine Learning Group   (United States)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autism; Communicative behavior; Inclusion; Normative data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035627811     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026553215508     Document Type: Article

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