Interdisciplinary assessment of young children with autism spectrum disorder

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-202

  Prelock, Patricia A ^a   Beatson, Jean ^a   Bitner, Brooke ^a   Broder, Carri ^b   Ducker, Amy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Cooke Ctr for Lrng and Development ^*  (United States)

^c Baird Ctr for Children and Families   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Children; Collaboration; Family centered; Interdisciplinary assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041402840     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2003/016)     Document Type: Article

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