Brief report: Pilot investigation of service receipt by young children with autistic spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1192-1196

  McLennan, John D ^a   Huculak, Susan ^b   Sheehan, Debbie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Practice guidelines; Quality of health care; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANADA; CHILD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPEECH;

ALBERTA; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETT SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 49949152681     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0535-5     Document Type: Article

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