Public School-Based Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults With an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-550

  de Bruin, Catriona L ^a   Deppeler, Joanne M ^a   Moore, Dennis W ^a   Diamond, Neil T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; autism spectrum disorder; intervention; meta analysis; public schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886607060     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654313498621     Document Type: Review

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