Use of analog functional analysis in assessing the function of mealtime behavior problems

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 207-223

  Girolami, Peter A ^b   Scotti, Joseph R ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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