A virtual approach to teaching safety skills to children with autism spectrum disorder

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-253

  Self, Trisha ^a,b   Scudder, Rosalind R ^a   Weheba, Gamal ^a   Crumrine, Daiquirie ^a,b  

^a Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders ^*

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Educational settings; Integrated treatment approach; Safety skills; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548403806     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TLD.0000285358.33545.79     Document Type: Article

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