A contextualized framework for social skills assessment, intervention, and generalization

School Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 84-103

  Sheridan, Susan M ^a   Hungelmann, Angela ^b   Maughan, Denita Poppenga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of Nebraska ^*

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