Quality of the information on educational and therapy interventions provided on the web sites of national autism associations

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Stephenson, Jennifer ^a   Carter, Mark ^a   Kemp, Coral ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Interventions; Parents; Teachers; Web sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 80455143159     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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