Parent perceptions of efficacy for strategies used to facilitate sleep in children with Autism

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-33

  Williams, Gail ^a   Sears, Lonnie ^a   Allard, Annamary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746120761     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-006-9003-y     Document Type: Article

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