Effects of direct instruction on the reading comprehension of students with autism and developmental disabilities

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-53

  Flores, Margaret M ^a,c   Ganz, Jennifer B ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School Psychology   (United States)

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