Evidence-Based Social Skills Interventions for Children with Autism: A Meta-analysis

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-342

  Wang, Peishi ^a   Spillane, Anne ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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