Teaching children with autism a basic component skill of perspective-taking

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-66

  Gould, Evelyn ^a   Tarbox, Jonathan ^b   O'Hora, Denis ^c   Noone, Steve ^a   Bergstrom, Ryan ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Autism and Related Disorders   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 78651346350     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: 1099078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bin.320     Document Type: Article

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