Strategies to promote adaptive competence for students on the autism spectrum

Support for Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Preis, Janet ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Autism; Communications; Interventions; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349192159     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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