Assessing Social Skills in Early Elementary-Aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Social Skills Q-Sort

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-76

  Locke, Jill ^a   Kasari, Connie ^b   Wood, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; social involvement; social networks; social skills assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890770467     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282913485543     Document Type: Article

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