Features of interventions that appear to result in positive impact in treatment of children with autismFootnote1

¹Abstracted from: Levy, S., Kim, A., & Olive, M. L. (2006). Interventions for young children with autism: A synthesis of the literature. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2(1), 55–62.

Source of funding: The review was supported by the US Department of Education.

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