Evidence-based practices in autism: Where we are now and where we need to go

Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments for Children with Autism

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 365-391

  Volkmar, Fred R ^a   Reichow, Brian ^a   Doehring, Peter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6975-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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