Enhancing appropriate social behaviors for children with Autism in general education classrooms: An analysis of six cases

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-416

  Yang, Nancy Kueifen ^a   Huang, Tzu Ai ^b   Schaller, James L ^c   Wang, Meei Huey ^d   Tsai, Shu Fei ^d  

^a Min Tsu Elementary School ^*

^b University of Texas   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Department of Special Education   (Taiwan)

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