Emergent literacy skills of preschool students with autism: A comparison of teacher-led and computer-assisted instruction

Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-338

  Travers, Jason C ^a   Higgins, Kyle ^b   Pierce, Tom ^b   Boone, Randall ^b   Miller, Susan ^b   Tandy, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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