Reducing problem behavior through a school-wide system of effective behavioral support: Investigation of a school-wide social skills training program and contextual interventions

School Psychology Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 446-459

  Lewis, Timothy J ^a   Sugai, George ^b   Colvin, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri ^*

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