Social workers' understanding of autistic spectrum disorders: An exploratory investigation

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 925-936

  Preece, David ^a   Jordan, Rita ^b  

^a Services for Children with Autism   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autism; Autistic spectrum disorders; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249146779     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl089     Document Type: Article

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