The Emperor's new clothes: Eclecticism in autism treatment

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1119-1128

  Dillenburger, Karola ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; Applied Behaviour Analysis; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Eclectic; Government reports

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; ECLECTICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79952453100     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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