Randomized, Controlled Trial of the LEAP Model of Early Intervention for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-154

  Strain, Phillip S ^a   Bovey, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder (ASD); early education programs; experimental studies; peer mediated

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053506806     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121411408740     Document Type: Article

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