Factors relating to education professionals' classroom practices for the inclusion of students with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1156-1167

  Segall, Matthew J ^a   Campbell, Jonathan M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Inclusion; Knowledge; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; TEACHER;

EID: 84859380550     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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