Intersections of Critical Systems Thinking and Community Based Participatory Research: A Learning Organization Example with the Autistic Community

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 405-423

  Raymaker, Dora M ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Community based participatory research; Critical systems thinking; Learning organization; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962173555     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-016-9376-5     Document Type: Article

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