A systematic desensitization paradigm to treat hypersensitivity to auditory stimuli in children with autism in family contexts

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-134

  Koegel, Robert L ^a   Openden, Daniel ^a   Koegel, Lynn Kern ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory stimuli; Autism; Desensitization; Families; Hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 9944223624     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.29.2.122     Document Type: Article

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