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Mazefsky, C.A., White, S.W., Conner, C.M. (2018). The Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) Program. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102186-1

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    The Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) Program
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102186-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102186-1