The Effects of a Developmental, Social—Pragmatic Language Intervention on Rate of Expressive Language Production in Young Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 213-222

  Ingersoll, Brooke ^a   Dvortcsak, Anna ^b   Whalen, Christina ^b   Sikora, Darryn ^b  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645772578     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10883576050200040301     Document Type: Article

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