Behavioral Interventions to Address Sleep Disturbances in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 144-152

  Turner, Kylan S ^a   Johnson, Cynthia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; autism; behavioral intervention; sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884950160     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121412446204     Document Type: Article

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