Inclusion means everyone! the role of the early childhood educator when including young children with autism in the classroom

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-326

  Vakil, Shernavaz ^a   Welton, Evonn ^a   O'Connor, Barbara ^b   Kline, Lynn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Collaborative strategies; Early childhood; Inclusion; Teacher's role

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749094374     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-008-0289-5     Document Type: Article

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