Child with autism and animal in a significant bond: Possibilities of therapeutic interventions;L'enfant avec un autisme et l'animal dans un lien signifiant : Des possibilités d'interventions thérapeutiques

Psychiatrie de l'Enfant

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 575-609

  Maurer, Marie ^a,b   Delfour, Fabienne ^b   Trudel, Marcel ^c   Adrien, Jean Louis ^b  

^a Post doctorante á L'Universîté   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal; Autism; Child development

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755225680     PISSN: 0079726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/psye.542.0575     Document Type: Article

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