Interventions targeting attention in young children with autism

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-69

  Patten, Elena ^a   Watson, Linda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antervention; Attention; Autism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751521503     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2010/09-0081)     Document Type: Article

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