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Brief Report: A Theory-of-Mind-based Social-Cognition Training Program for School-Aged Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An Open Study of its Effectiveness

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Thanks are due to Margo van der Stelt, who provided the psychoeducation for the parents.

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Carolien Gevers & Frits Boer

  2. de Bascule, Academic Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Carolien Gevers, Pamela Clifford, Myra Mager & Frits Boer

  3. AMC – Dept Child Adol Psychiat./de Bascule, P.O. Box 12474, 1100 AL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Carolien Gevers

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Gevers, C., Clifford, P., Mager, M. et al. Brief Report: A Theory-of-Mind-based Social-Cognition Training Program for School-Aged Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An Open Study of its Effectiveness. J Autism Dev Disord 36, 567–571 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0095-0

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