Using a team approach to address bullying of students with Asperger's syndrome in activity-based settings

Children and Schools

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Garcia Biggs, Mary Jo ^a   Simpson, Cynthia ^b   Gaus, Mark D ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based settings; Asperger's syndrome; Bullying; Team approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956238354     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/32.3.135     Document Type: Article

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