Intervention ABCs for children with Asperger syndrome

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-165

  Safran, Stephen P ^a,b   Safran, Joan S ^a   Ellis, Kathleen ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b McCracken Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Diagnosis; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038509983     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200304000-00008     Document Type: Review

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