Teachers' perceptions regarding the management of children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 755-768

  Syriopoulou Delli, Christine K ^a   Cassimos, Dimitrios C ^b   Tripsianis, Grigorios I ^b   Polychronopoulou, Stavroula A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic students; Education; Teachers' education; Teachers' experience; Teachers' leading role

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TEACHER; TEAMWORK; TRAINING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FACULTY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 84863817814     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1309-7     Document Type: Article

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