Early intensive family intervention and evidence of effectiveness: Lessons from the South West Autism Programme

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-398

  Webster, Alec ^b   Feiler, Anthony ^a   Webster, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b South West Autism Programme ^*

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; Early intensive family intervention; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844291081     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000079078     Document Type: Article

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