Peer interactions of students with intellectual disabilities and/or autism: A map of the intervention literature

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 69-79

  Carter, Erik W ^a,c   Sisco, Lynn G ^a   Chung, Yun Ching ^a   Stanton Chapman, Tina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Evidencebased practices; Intellectual disability; Literature review; Peer interaction; Severe disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959264554     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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