Prediction of treatment outcomes and longitudinal analysis in children with autism undergoing intensive behavioral intervention

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Virues Ortega, Javier ^a   Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Yua, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Fundación Planeta Imaginario   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applied behavior analysis; Autism; Predictors; Quasi experiment (interrupted time series with one group)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883045262     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1697-2600(13)70012-7     Document Type: Article

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