Interpreting outcomes of social skills training for students with high-incidence disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-344

  Gresham, Frank M ^a   Sugai, George ^b   Horner, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0000048212     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290106700303     Document Type: Article

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