Effectiveness of special nursery provision for children with autism spectrum disorders

Autism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-82

  Reed, Phil ^a   Osborne, Lisa A ^a   Corness, Mark ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Home programme; Nursery provision; Special nursery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; NURSERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 76649122858     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361309340030     Document Type: Article

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