Positive Family Intervention for Children with ASD: Impact on Parents' Cognitions and Stress.
While parent training often focuses on teaching parents of children with Autism Sepctrum Disorders (ASD) specific skills to address their child's problem behavior, it has often overlooked factors related to parents' own mental health and well-being, such as how they think and feel about their child'...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 3536 - 3552 |
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Dec2020
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