The use of structural analysis to identify setting events in applied settings for students with emotional/behavioral disorders

Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-420

  Stichter, Janine P ^a   Hudson, Shawna ^a   Sasso, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 27744580339     PISSN: 01987429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019874290503000410     Document Type: Article

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