Parent-Reported Barriers and Enablers of Strengths in their Children with Autism.
The majority of autism research has a deficit focus; however, researchers are beginning to adopt a strength-based approach to understand autism. This study adds to the evolving strengths research by identifying factors that may help or hinder children's expression of strengths in the home, school, a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 2402 - 2416 |
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Springer Nature
Sep2020
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