Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Review

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1951-1966

  Wong, Connie ^a   Odom, Samuel L ^a   Hume, Kara A ^a   Cox, Ann W ^a   Fettig, Angel ^b   Kucharczyk, Suzanne ^a   Brock, Matthew E ^c   Plavnick, Joshua B ^d   Fleury, Veronica P ^e   Schultz, Tia R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Children and youth; Evidence based practice; Focused intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPUTER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOCUSED INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUVENILE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931571306     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2351-z     Document Type: Article

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