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Magyar, C.I. (2011). Educational Programming for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of the Literature and a Program Development Protocol. In: Developing and Evaluating Educational Programs for Students with Autism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6303-1_2

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