Early screening for autism spectrum disorders: A primer for social work practice

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Dababnah, Sarah ^a   Parish, Susan L ^b   Turner Brown, Lauren ^c   Hooper, Stephen R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650418627     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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