Functional communication training in the natural environment: A pilot investigation with a young child with autism spectrum disorder

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-633

  Mancil, G Richmond ^a   Conroy, Maureen A ^a   Nakao, Taketo ^a   Alter, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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