Using a Buddy Skills Package to Increase the Social Interactions Between a Preschooler With Autism and Her Peers

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-163

  Kohler, Frank W ^a   Greteman, Cindy ^b   Raschke, Donna ^a   Highnam, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b Carroll Public Schools ^*  (United States)

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EID: 37649005241     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02711214070270030601     Document Type: Article

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