Behavioral flexibility in individuals with autism: Theory, assessment, and intervention

Autism Research Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 63-78

  Green, Vanessa A ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^a   O'Reilly, Mark ^b   Pituch, Keenan A ^b   Didden, Robert ^c   Lancioni, Giulio E ^d   Singh, Nirbhay N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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