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OBSERVATIONS ON A THERAPEUTIC RESIDENTIAL SETTINGFOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN
Author(s) -
COOPER NICOLAS A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1977.tb00065.x
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , developmental psychology
Summary A therapeutic milieu for children labelled with a diagnosis of early infantile autism is described. This study, in a residential setting near Washington DC, USA, discusses the various procedures adopted for alleviating the problems encountered with these children, such as the formation of social relationships, language formation, and compulsive behaviour.