A review of school-based instructional interventions for students with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-416

  Machalicek, Wendy ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^a   Beretvas, Natasha ^a   Sigafoos, Jeff ^b   Lancioni, Guilio ^c   Sorrells, Audrey ^a   Lang, Russell ^a   Rispoli, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Instruction; School

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT;

EID: 45149133836     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2007.07.001     Document Type: Review

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