Individual Differences in Intervention Response in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Perspectives on Individual Differences Affecting Therapeutic Change in Communication Disorders New Directions in Communication Disorders Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-150

  Hewitt, Lynne E ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920726384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203848692     Document Type: Chapter

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