Cultivating Mind: Mindfulness Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Problem Behaviours, and Their Mothers

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3093-3106

  Hwang, Yoon Suk ^a   Kearney, Patrick ^b   Klieve, Helen ^a   Lang, Wayne ^a   Roberts, Jacqueline ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Independent Mindfulness Teacher ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention training; Autism spectrum disorder; Mindfulness; Parent; Problem behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941417743     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0114-x     Document Type: Article

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