Profiles of social communicative competence in middle school children with Asperger syndrome: Two case studies

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Bellon Harn, Monica L ^a   Harn, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 31944433439     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0265659006ct295oa     Document Type: Article

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