Multidisciplinary teamwork in autism: Can one size fit all?

Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-112

  Dillenburger, Karola ^a   Röttgers, Hanns Rüdiger ^b   Dounavi, Katerina ^a   Sparkman, Coleen ^c   Keenan, Mickey ^d   Thyer, Bruce ^e   Nikopoulos, Christos ^f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Applied Science   (Germany)

^c Therapeutic Pathways Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

applied behaviour analysis; autism; multidisciplinary teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919391026     PISSN: 08165122     EISSN: 18392504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/edp.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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