A Comparison of Constant Time Delay and Simultaneous Prompting Within Embedded Instruction on Teaching Leisure Skills to Children With Autism

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-64

  Kurt, Onur ^a   Tekin Iftar, Elif ^a  

^a Anadolu University   (United States)

Author keywords

applied behavior analysis; autism spectrum disorder (ASD); disability populations; experimental studies; intervention strategies; research methodologies; single subject designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749087097     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121408316046     Document Type: Article

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