"Do I know what I need to do?" A social communication intervention for children with complex clinical profiles

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Timler, Geralyn R ^a   Olswang, Lesley B ^b   Coggins, Truman E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary students; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Intervention; Social communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047690322     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2005/007)     Document Type: Article

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