Parents' Perspectives of Collaboration with School Professionals: Barriers and Facilitators to Successful Partnerships in Planning for Students with ASD

School Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Tucker, Vanessa ^a   Schwartz, Ilene ^b  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Collaboration; IEP; Parents; School based intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016298342     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-012-9102-0     Document Type: Article

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