Educational placements and service use patterns of individuals with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1403-1412

  White, Susan Williams ^a   Scahill, Lawrence ^b   Klin, Ami ^b   Koenig, Kathleen ^b   Volkmar, Fred R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; High functioning autism; Inclusion; School; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34547899492     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0281-0     Document Type: Article

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