Construct validity of the AAMR adaptive behavior scale-school: 2

School Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-43

  Stinnett, Terry A ^a   Fuqua, Dale R ^b   Coombs, William T ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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