Samuel Odom

Senior research scientist
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Samuel Odom is senior research scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Spectrum

By Brian Boyd, Samuel Odom

13 August 2013

5 min read

Classroom quality

Preschool-aged children with autism make developmental and behavioral gains, regardless of the type of classroom in which they are enrolled, say Brian Boyd and Samuel Odom.

Spectrum

Classroom quality

By Brian Boyd, Samuel Odom

13 August 2013 | 5 min read

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