Clinical diagnosis, behavioral assessment, and functional analysis: Examining the connection between assessment and intervention

School Psychology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 342-355

  Kratochwill, Thomas R ^a   McGivern, Julia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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