Positive Behavioral Interventions and Family Support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Current Developmental Disorders Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 199-209

  Petrenko, Christie L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirically supported interventions; Family support; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Intervention; Positive behavior support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983195153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-015-0052-8     Document Type: Review

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