Family support and empowerment: Post autism diagnosis support group for parents

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-83

  Banach, Mary ^a   Iudice, John ^b   Conway, Lindsay ^c   Couse, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Habit OPCO   (United States)

^c MY TURN Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Autism spectrum; Diagnosis; Family empowerment scale; Parents; Support group

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949137323     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609510903437383     Document Type: Article

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