Improving communication between children with autism and their peers through the 'circle of friends': A small-scale intervention study

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-261

  Kalyva, Efrosini ^a   Avramidis, Elias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Circle of friends; Peer group; Social skills intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844435364     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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