Exploring the social impact of being a typical peer model for included children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1895-1905

  Locke, Jill ^a,b,c   Rotheram Fuller, Erin ^d   Kasari, Connie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c Temple University ^*  (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Peer models; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84866728943     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1437-0     Document Type: Article

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