Social skills interventions for young children with disabilities: A synthesis of group design studies

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-15

  Vaughn, Sharon ^a   Kim, Ae Hwa ^a   Sloan, Claire V Morris ^c   Hughes, Marie Tejero ^b   Elbaum, Batya ^c   Sridhar, Dheepa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SZB 228 ^*

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EID: 0037274262     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074193250302400101     Document Type: Article

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