Efficacy of Peer Support Interventions in General Education Classrooms for High School Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 207-221

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Gustafson, Jenny R ^a   Sreckovic, Melissa A ^b   Dykstra Steinbrenner, Jessica R ^b   Pierce, Nigel P ^c   Bord, Aimee ^d   Stabel, Aaron ^d   Rogers, Sally ^d   Czerw, Alicia ^a   Mullins, Teagan ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; general education access; inclusion; peer mediated

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024405591     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: 15384756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932516672067     Document Type: Article

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